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, the university's ground medical recently added a medically equipped helicopter andtransportr team, making the air servicde available to all area hospitals. The an EC 135, is owned by Air a publicly traded company basedin Englewood, Colo. Air Methods provides air medicalp transportation services to more than 60 hospitals acroswthe country. Its partnership with Jefferson, which includew Air Methods managing the aviation aspects of the marksthe company's first forah into the Philadelphia area. Jeffersohn annually transports about 400 patientsby air. In the past, it relierd on outside helicopter services.
"The addition of a helicopter to JeffSTAT'sw fleet of vehicles will reduce our dependencwe on other helicopter services that were not alwayws available when weneeded them," said Brian Sweeney, directord of JeffSTAT. Jefferson has added 10 full-time paramedica and nurses for thehelicopter service. The Healt System announced three changes to its management including naming John Buckley as themedical center's new executive director and CEO. Buckleh most recently served as president and CEOof , the parentt company of . He replaces Robert Perry, who had been with the hospitall forfour years. Tom Bielecki has assume d the position of chieffinanciao officer.
He recently came to Temple from ChestnugtHill Healthcare, where he held a number of senior levell positions over the past 25 including executive vice president and CFO. Bielecki replaces Ray Lefton, who had been with the hospital foreight years. Kay Graham of the Temple health systen human resources department has assumed the positiojn of associate hospital director of human resourcezs on an interim Graham replacesDave Williamson, who had been with the hospital for four Temple officials declined further comment on what it describeds as "personnel moves.
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