(Greenfield) Adair County Health System, an affiliate of MercyOne, announces Catherine Hillestad will join as Chief Executive Officer beginning July 7, 2021. A native of Des Moines, Ms. Hillestad brings experience in community and rural health care systems including serving in an interim CEO role at Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield and most recently as Practice Administrator at The Iowa Clinic in Des Moines.
“I am excited to join Adair County Health System,” she said. “I look forward to building relationships with everyone at the hospital and in the community of Greenfield. I hope to create a center of excellence for rural health care for people in Adair County.”
“We look forward to welcoming Catherine. She brings a great deal of energy and understands the challenges for rural hospitals,” said Willard Olesen, chair of Adair County Health System board of trustees. “Catherine knows what is needed to continue to deliver quality care in Adair County, which is vital to our community.”
Adair County Health System is managed through an affiliation agreement with MercyOne. As part of the affiliation, MercyOne provides administrative support and additional resources to Adair County Health System at the hospital’s request.
“We treasure the opportunity to work together in advancing our mission of providing the highest quality patient care in a compassionate and personalized manner,” said Mike Trachta, MercyOne vice president of network affiliates. “We are excited to welcome Catherine back to our MercyOne team and are confident she will help extend the personalized, excellent care available at Adair County Health System into the future.”
