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Healthcare Executives Network interviews Dr. David C. Pate, President & CEO St. Luke's Health System


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Healthcare Executives Network interviews Dr. David C. Pate,  President & CEO  St. Luke's Health System

                                    David

C. Pate, M.D., J.D., FACP, FACHE

 David C. Pate, M.D., J.D., is president and chief executive

officer of St. Luke’s Health System, based in Boise, Idaho. 

Dr. Pate received his bachelor of arts degree from Rice

University, his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, and his law
degree cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center. He completed his
residency training at Baylor College of Medicine and is board-certified in
internal medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow
of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Dr. Pate joined St. Luke’s Health System, a network of seven

hospitals, a children’s hospital, a nationally recognized cancer center, and
more than 100 clinics throughout southern Idaho and into eastern Oregon, in
2009 following executive positions in Houston.

Dr. Pate is leading St. Luke’s transformation into an integrated

healthcare network that includes service partnerships and relationships with
other healthcare organizations in the region while ensuring the financial
foundation that supports the visionary development of St. Luke’s Health System.
In 2013, St. Luke’s became the only healthcare system in Idaho to establish a
federally recognized Accountable Care Organization. St. Luke’s is routinely
recognized as an emerging health system of note as the transformation of health
care in America continues. Earlier this year, Truven Health Analytics named St.
Luke’s one
of the Top 15 Health Systems in the country.

 

Dr. Pate and St. Luke’s are committed to developing accountable

care in the region and becoming a national leader in health care as the
organization demonstrates the ability to deliver the highest possible quality,
in the safest manner, achieving the best possible outcomes, at the lowest
possible cost.

He

is an author, teacher, lecturer, community volunteer, and active member of
community and professional boards and committees. He is a popular and engaging
speaker and prolific blogger, chronicling St. Luke’s transformation at Dr.
Pate’s Prescription for Change, http://drpate.stlukesblogs.org/

 

The father of two adult daughters, Dr. Pate
lives in Boise with his wife, Lynette.    
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