Tenet Saint Louis has announced the appointment of Jeffrey Dossett to the newly created position of director of TenetCare at Forest Park Hospital. Dossett will have responsibility for daily operations at the hospital’s TenetCare diagnostic center, a new health care concept in the delivery of same-day outpatient services that opened in February at 6216 Oakland Avenue.
TenetCare is a new outpatient facility designed to totally redefine the outpatient and diagnostic testing experience. Its advanced diagnostic testing services include mammography, CT, ultrasound, X-Rays, bone densitometry and laboratory services. TenetCare is designed to provide guests with an unparalleled level of personal attention in a truly comfortable and convenient setting. Forest Park Hospital is Tenet Healthcare Corporation’s second pilot site for TenetCare.
Dossett was most recently manager of radiology at Forest Park Hospital where he has worked for the past 15 years. He reports to John Sanders, chief executive officer of Forest Park Hospital.
“I am excited to be a part of this innovative approach to outpatient health care services,” said Dossett. “I’m also pleased that Forest Park Hospital will have one of the first TenetCare centers in the country.”
Dossett has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Webster University and holds a certification in radiologic technology from Washington University in St. Louis.
Tenet Saint Louis, a 1,584-licensed bed system of academic and community hospitals and schools of nursing, headed by Phillip S. Schaengold, Tenet corporate vice president, operations and Tenet Saint Louis CEO. In addition to Forest Park Hospital, its facilities include Des Peres Hospital, Saint Louis University Hospital, SouthPointe Hospital and St. Alexius Hospital. The health system employs approximately 5,500 people and cares for patients from eastern Missouri, southern Illinois and beyond.
Tenet Healthcare, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates 116 acute care hospitals with 28,053 beds and numerous related health care services. The company employs approximately 113,000 people serving communities in 17 states and services its hospitals from a Dallas-based operations center. Tenet’s name reflects its core business philosophy: the importance of shared values among partners – including employees, physicians, insurers and communities – in providing a full spectrum of health care. Tenet can be found on the World Wide Web at www.tenethealth.com.