Center for Advanced Clinical Learning, a simulation lab and
facility for interprofessional education. Located on the DMC
campus, the center provides an opportunity for D&E nursing
students and the hospital’s nurses to learn and practice in a
realistic and risk-free environment. In addition, several area
hospitals offer nursing students the opportunity to participate
in a nurse externship program.
For the past two years, D&E nursing students have achieved
a 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure
Examination for Registered Nurses. Within six months, 100
percent of D&E nursing graduates are employed.
Mullins Selected to Lead Mountain Health Network
Michael Mullins, FACHE, has accepted the position of presi-
dent and CEO for Mountain Health Network. Effective March
4, Mullins will assume strategic oversight to grow the new
regional health system that includes Cabell Huntington Hospital
(CHH), St. Mary’s Medical Center and Pleasant Valley Hospital.
Mullins is arriving from Ascension Healthcare, the largest
nonprofit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest
Catholic health system. He has served as senior vice president
of Ascension and CEO and ministry market executive for Via
Christi—the largest provider of health care services in Kansas—
and St. John’s Health in Oklahoma. He has been responsible
for 12 hospitals and focused on leading integration processes,
structuring clinical integration, enhancing medical staff rela-
tionships, guiding financial success and mentoring executives.
“We are pleased to welcome Michael Mullins as the sys-
tem’s permanent CEO,” says Kevin Yingling, M.D., registered
pharmacist and chairman of Mountain Health and the CHH
board of trustees. “Michael has expertise in leading hospital
systems to success through strategic priorities of growth, quality,
patient experience and financial performance.”
In addition to his extensive leadership roles with Ascension
Healthcare, Mullins has more than 30 years of hospital lead-
ership experience. He holds a master’s degree in health care
administration from Trinity University and a bachelor’s degree
in political science from University of Texas at El Paso. He is
a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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