PeaceHealth announced Thursday that its top Oregon hospital executive, Dr. Jim McGovern, was discharged, a month after McGovern was placed on administrative leave over a contentious Lane County emergency room services contract.
McGovern became chief executive in 2024. In April this year, PeaceHealth’s physician-led 26-member Medical Executive Committee, which helps oversee patient care at Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield, accused McGovern of violating the scope of his administrative license by attempting to dictate patient care decisions.
Physicians also questioned McGovern’s role in PeaceHealth’s decision to end the 35-year contract with Eugene Emergency Physicians and replace them with ApolloMD, a Georgia-based hospital staffing company…