JCR Reappoints Chair, Names Vice Chair of the Board

Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announces the reappointment of Jack Bailey as 2010 chair of its Board of Directors and has named Suet Wun Lim, M.D., as vice chair.  JCR is a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission.

Bailey has served on the JCR Board of Directors since 2004. He became secretary of the JCR Board in 2006, was vice chair of the JCR Board for 2007 and 2008, and served as Board chair in 2009.  Bailey is senior vice president, Private & Public Institutional Customers for GlaxoSmithKline in North Carolina.

“Jack has ably guided the JCR Board of Directors during a challenging period for all involved in health care. His leadership will be crucial in 2010 as JCR focuses on providing the most effective and the most efficient methods to foster safe and quality care to patients,” says Karen H. Timmons, president and CEO, JCR.

Dr. Lim has been a member of The Joint Commission Board of Commissioners since 2004 and has served as vice chair and chair of JCR’s Globalization of Health Services Task Force since 2007. He is CEO of National Healthcare Group and Tan Tock Seng Hospital—a JCI–accredited organization—in Singapore.