The Paulding County Hospital (PCH) Board of Trustees announces that Gary Adkins has submitted his resignation as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Paulding County Hospital and will assume the position of President of Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville, IN at the end of June 2014.
The board has also announced that Randal (Randy) Ruge, currently Chief Operating Officer (COO) at PCH, will be assuming the CEO position, effective immediately. Randy has been COO at PCH for 13 years during which time he has also served as Chief Nursing Officer. Randy has over three decades of nursing and healthcare management experience.
Ruge received his initial nursing degree at Owens College, a bachelor’s degree in nursing at the University of The State of New York, and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Findlay.
Ruge is looking forward to his new position at Paulding County Hospital. “This is an exciting time to be in healthcare. A lot of changes are happening recently, with the implementation of the new computer system at PCH, we will be joining the rest of the country as we begin to tie into an electronic health record to better serve our patients no matter where they seek medical treatment.”
