{"id":189724,"date":"2025-02-17T08:57:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=189724"},"modified":"2025-02-17T08:57:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:57:58","slug":"stabler-named-as-hospital-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/02\/17\/stabler-named-as-hospital-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Stabler named VW Hospital president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OhioHealth has named Paula Stabler, RN, MSN, president of Van Wert Hospital. She\u2019s replacing Joy Bischoff, who was recently named Vice President of Enterprise Shared Services for the OhioHealth system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Described as a strategic and results-driven healthcare leader, Stabler brings extensive experience in clinical and operational leadership, patient-centered care, and hospital administration.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Paula Stabler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Prior to stepping into this role, Stabler served as the hospital\u2019s chief nursing officer and senior director of patient care services since 2022. In that time, she has been instrumental in driving quality improvements initiatives, fostering a workplace culture of continuous learning, and enhancing both patient and employee satisfaction. According to a press release, under her leadership, the hospital has achieved significant cost savings while providing patients access to high-level care close to home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to have Paula step into this new role leading Van Wert Hospital,\u201d said OhioHealth\u2019s president of regional markets, Chris Clinton. \u201cHer dedication to Van Wert Hospital and the community is unmatched.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a strong background in executive leadership, inpatient nursing, emergency patient care, and hospital administration, Stabler has played a key role in shaping healthcare services in the community. Her accomplishments include transforming workplace culture, leading strategic partnerships, and overseeing major facility enhancements, like the Van Wert Ambulatory Walk-In Center and more recently, a $3.15 million pharmacy expansion at Van Wert Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am honored to take on this role and continue working alongside our incredible team,\u201d Stabler said. \u201cThis hospital is an essential part of the community and I look forward to making sure we are here to make a positive impact on our patients\u2019 lives for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Stabler is committed to the Van Wert Community. She serves on the following boards and committees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • YWCA of Van Wert County<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • United Way of Van Wert County<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Energy Special Improvement District of Van Wert\u00a0County Health Collaborative<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Van Wert Overdose Prevention Coalition<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Associate Member Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 62<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Life House Church (Youth Small Group Leader)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Before becoming the CNO of Van Wert Hospital, Stabler served as the Emergency Department director for Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne,  where she established streamlined processes for trauma patients and developed strategies for frontline staff to build leadership skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    No stranger to Van Wert Hospital, Stabler also served as director of Van Wert Health\u2019s Emergency Department and Emergency Medical Services from 2015-2020. In that time, she designed and implemented new emergency department initiatives that improved patient satisfaction scores. She also co-chaired the disaster preparedness team and established the Hazardous Emergency Response Team (HERT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Stabler is a graduate of Wright State University where she received her Bachelor of Science for nursing in 2010.  She received a Master of Science for nursing management and leadership from Western Governors University in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    VW independent staff\/submitted information OhioHealth has named Paula Stabler, RN, MSN, president of Van Wert Hospital. She\u2019s replacing Joy Bischoff, who was recently named Vice President of Enterprise Shared Services for the OhioHealth system. Described as a strategic and results-driven healthcare leader, Stabler brings extensive experience in clinical and operational leadership, patient-centered care, and hospital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 14:50:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189724"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189728,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189724\/revisions\/189728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}