Medical Center Hospital has provided care to the Permian Basin for 68 years. Opening December 5, 1949 as an 85-bed community hospital, MCH met an important need for Odessa. Over the years, MCH has expanded and added services and technology to meet the growing needs of the community. Today, MCH has grown into a 402-bed Level II Trauma Center with over 2,500 employees and 350 physicians. The need: Chief Executive Officer Mary Thompson, an Ector County board member since its creation, chaired the search for the hospital’s CEO. The outgoing CEO of 17 years suggested HealthSearch Partners head up the search and Thompson agreed. “When we began our search, the atmosphere among our board members was divisive due to some internal politics. The employee morale was low. It was a pivotal time i

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