Mercy Hospital Springfield has a new leader. John Myers, a nuclear medicine specialist who most recently served as chief operating officer at HCA Research Medical Center in Kansas City, recently accepted the COO role at Mercy.
“When I graduated high school, I knew I wanted to serve in some capacity in health care,” Myers said in a news release. “After completing my training, I quickly found I had a passion for leadership and supporting our frontline caregivers. My passion is taking care of those who care for others.”
Myers said in the release that he is fond of the Ozarks and is excited to move to the area with his wife, Danielle, and three children.
Myers steps into the role several months after David Argueta was promoted from president of Mercy Hospitals Springfield to lead hospitals across Mercy Springfield Communities. His promotion followed a leadership change that included the exit of former Mercy Springfield Communities head Craig McCoy. Mercy Springfield Communities oversees the Mercy medical network that covers Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas.
Marie Moore, head of nursing at Mercy Springfield Communities
Along with the hiring of Myers, Mercy announced on Tuesday the promotion of Marie Moore to head of nursing at Mercy Springfield Communities. Moore first joined the Mercy team 14 years ago as a nursing tech on the surgical telemetry floor. She moved from caring directly for patients into leadership roles, serving as executive director of operations up until her recent promotion.
“Nursing is one of the largest service lines across all health care access points and touches our patients like no other,” Moore said in the release. “I’ll be working to stabilize our nursing workforce as we emerge from the pandemic, looking ahead at how we deliver care and support patients and caregivers.”
Moore grew up in Branson and earned her bachelor of nursing and master of healthcare administration from Missouri State University. Moore lives in Springfield with her husband, Matthew, and their three children.
“I’m so excited for what these two leaders bring to the table,” Argueta said in the release. “It’s a perfect combination of institutional knowledge from Marie — whose entire career has been at Mercy, to John, who brings fresh ideas for how to better serve our patients. They will both be looking to our outstanding co-workers for ideas as we all work together to improve our already high-quality care.”
