Ardent names COO

Nashville-based Ardent Health Services has named Terika Richardson chief operating officer.  

Richardson takes the role overseeing operations at Ardent’s 30 hospitals and other care sites from Paul Kappelman, who left last December to launch a consulting firm. Richardson previously served as president of Advocate Aurora Health’s Central Chicagoland Patient Service Area, where she ran operations and growth initiatives in hospitals, clinics and ambulatory systems that staffed 75,000 employees.