In 2019, David Ramsey and the board of Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center Health System spent about a year evaluating their options: remain independent, create a new system or join a larger one. The ideal scenario, they found, was to maintain a West Virginia-based system. Mr. Ramsey, who had helmed CAMC Health System since 2000, became president and CEO of Charleston-based Vandalia Health following its creation in 2022 — a move that grew the health system from eight hospitals to 17 in less than two years. Mr. Ramsey, who recently shared plans to retire in July 2026, told Becker’s that Vandalia’s formation came at the right time for the organization.
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Source: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/the-right-time-to-grow-how-vandalia-doubled-its-footprint-in-2-years/