MOORESVILLE, Ind. –
Peter J. Murphy has been appointed senior vice president and chief operating
officer for Franciscan St. Francis Health-Mooresville.
In that role,
Murphy will be responsible for overseeing all operations at the 116-bed
Mooresville facility, which is one of three hospitals in the Central Indiana
Region of Franciscan Alliance. The other two facilities are Franciscan
St. Francis-Indianapolis and Franciscan St. Francis-Carmel. Franciscan Alliance is a Catholic health-care system based in
Mishawaka, Ind., which owns and operates 11 hospitals in Indiana and two
hospitals in Illinois.
He most previously
served as founder and president of KM Global Solutions, Inc., a
management company specializing in personal health record software development,
hospital/physician revenue opportunity support, pain management services and
destination health care service development. He also served as president
of Legacy Health Consulting and myPHI.
Murphy is not new to Franciscan Alliance. He served as chief
executive officer for Franciscan St. James Health in Illinois. During his 18-year
tenure, he oversaw the acquisition of what is now known as Franciscan St.
James-Olympia Fields and its integration with the Chicago Heights campus. He
led facility design efforts of a 400,000-square-foot expansion that earned the
national distinction as a Top 10 Most Innovative Facility.
His focus on quality at Franciscan St. James led to national
recognition by HealthGrades with its Distinguished Award for Clinical
Excellence and by Solucient as a Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospital.
“As a former Franciscan Alliance
employee and a person committed to community service, Peter is grounded in our
health system’s mission and values,” said Robert J. Brody, president and chief
executive officer for Central Indiana Region. “He brings an intimate knowledge
of what it takes to drive organizational excellence and will play a key role in
leading our Mooresville campus.”
Murphy received his undergraduate
degree from St. Louis University and earned his master’s in health care
administration from Washington University School of Medicine. He is a Diplomate
in the American College of Healthcare Executives and holds memberships in several
professional and civic organizations.
