Construction Spending Up 0.1 Percent in January

VOL. 10 | NO. 8 | Saturday, March 08, 2014

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. has hired Dr. Mark Swanson to serve as chief quality officer.

Swansons duties in this new role include working with leadership in hospital administration, Baptist Medical Group, Select Health Alliance, medical staff, nursing and risk management to implement and monitor quality initiatives, design quality measurement systems, enhance employee safety efforts and oversee regulatory compliance.

Swanson comes to Baptist from Orlando Health, an eight-hospital, not-for-profit health care system where he has spent the past 28 years. His most recent position was chief quality officer of the organizations physician group and physician clinical integration initiative.

Before going to Orlando Health, he served in the U.S. Navy, spending five years working in naval hospitals. He has been actively engaged in academic medicine, serving 11 years as a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at the Florida State University College of Medicine while on staff at Orlando Health.

Start Co. has added Memphis businessman Scott Vogel to its operation as vice president of civic entrepreneurship, and the organization has promoted current mentorship leader Al Pickett to vice president of diversity.

In addition, Vogel will be responsible for managing Start Co.s newest accelerator, SkyHigh, which will be geared around social innovation. Along with that, Vogel will help Start Co. build public-private partnerships to scale the groups effort. Hell also help facilitate relationships with local and national universities and social groups, and will focus on business development.

The SkyHigh accelerator program is accepting applications through April 15. Applications to the rest of Start Co.s accelerators are open through March 15.

Meanwhile, Pickett in his new role will help grow and lead Start Co.s minority and women inclusion efforts, conduct community outreach and operate Launch University, a weekly founder development program. Hell also continue to lead Start Co.s mentoring platform.

Valero Energy Corp. has moved maintenance work on its Memphis plant to April from March after a key parts supplier went out of business, according to a report from Bloomberg News.

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Construction Spending Up 0.1 Percent in January