Debra Flores, R.N., president of Sentara CarePlex Hospital in Hampton, VA, will lead the AHA's Constituency Section for Metropolitan Hospitals as 2016 chair of its governing council. Elaine Couture, R.N., chief executive of Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Hospital in Spokane, WA, is this year’s chair-elect and will become chairperson in 2017. The section provides representation, advocacy and educational opportunities to help the nation's suburban and urban hospitals better serve the health needs of patients and communities. For more on its governing council, see the AHA news release.

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