Stratis Health News

Board of Directors

Stratis Health has elected new officers to its board of directors. Dale Thompson, was elected Board Chair. Thompson is President and CEO of Benedictine Health System, one of the nation’s most extensive systems, providing acute and long-term care in nine states. Stephen Kopecky, MD, remains on the board as immediate past chair. He is a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic, based in Rochester. He also teaches at the Mayo Medical School. William E. Jacott, MD, is chair elect. Most recently, he was special advisor for professional relations for the Illinois- and DC-based Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and an emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dee Kemnitz remains as treasurer. Ms. Kemnitz serves as a beneficiary representative on the Board and spent more than 45 years at Carlson Companies. Clinton MacKinney, MD, MS, remains secretary. He is an emergency and family physician at Emergency Practice Associates in Little Falls, and also a nationally recognized consultant in rural health quality and physician leadership.

Staff changes at Stratis Health

Susan Hann is joining Stratis Health as business development director, to lead and support Stratis Health’s business growth and expansion. She brings experience in strategic business development, enhanced by her clinical expertise as an RN. Hann has worked as a consultant and principal for Kurt Salmon Associates, senior director of Care Delivery Strategy Development at HealthPartners, and program director of Fairview Health Services’ Palliative Care Leadership Center, as well as System Manager for Planning and Analysis at Fairview.

Sue Severson, Stratis Health Director of Health Information Technology Services, is serving as director of the new Regional Extension Assistance Center for Health Information Technology (REACH), a program of Key Health Alliance. Stratis Health program manager, Jane McGrath, will serve as program manager for REACH.