Healthcare Executive Bob Murphy to join Studer Group
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Contact: Sheila Martin | |
| November 1, 2006 | Phone: (850) 934-1099 |
Healthcare Executive Bob Murphy to join Studer Group
GULF BREEZE, Fla. –Studer Group is pleased to announce that Bob Murphy has joined their team. Murphy’s new role will include presentations at healthcare conferences and seminars, working with directors and senior leadership teams of Studer Group partner organizations, and providing services to current and future Studer Group clients.
Murphy, who resigned his position as administrator of Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Fl, is a well-known operations leader and national healthcare presenter. His extensive healthcare experience includes work as a registered nurse, department leader of Emergency /Trauma Services, quality leader and chief operating officer.
“We are very excited to have Bob join our leadership team,” said B.G. Porter, president of Studer Group. “He fits so well into our current team, and his passion for making a difference will have a positive impact on all of the organizations that we serve.”
Quint Studer, founder and CEO of Studer Group, echoed Porter’s sentiments. “Bob has always impressed me with his desire to learn and then to teach,” said Studer. “He is a wonderful teacher and shares our mission of making health care a better place for employees, physicians and patients.”
Murphy’s connection with Studer began in 1996, when he began working with Quint Studer, then-president of Baptist Hospital before he founded the Studer Group.
“I have followed the work of Studer Group and have been so impressed with the outcomes of their work over the past several years,” Murphy said. “Their national lab of best practices, their research and results make health care better. The team at Studer Group is second to none. I am excited and grateful to be a part of the momentum.”
Studer Group is a health care consulting firm devoted to teaching evidence based tools and processes that organizations can immediately use to create and sustain outcomes in service and operational excellence. Partner organizations see clear results in the areas of higher employee retention, greater patient and customer satisfaction, healthy financials, growing market share, and improvements in various other quality indicators. Studer Group has worked with hundreds of health care systems, hospitals, and medical groups since the firm's inception in 1999 and additionally is operating in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
For more information or to schedule Mr. Murphy as a speaker, please contact Sheila Martin at (850) 934-1099 or email at sheila@studergroup.com.
