BRMC's Names Marianne KahleIts First Wellness Coordinator

Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) has begun a major health initiative by naming its first-ever wellness coordinator to lead work force lifestyle improvements at the hospital and ultimately other companies throughout the region.

Mariann Kahle, former Food & Nutrition Services director at BRMC for the past nine years, has just started her new position as wellness coordinator. Her immediate goal is developing and implementing health assessment plans to determine the health and lifestyle needs of BRMC employees. Soon afterward, she will expand the effort by developing specially tailored plans for area employers and others throughout the region, says Dennis Geitner, the hospital’s vice president of human resources.

Part of her responsibilities will include developing specific health risk management programs and services, and working with external resources to provide comprehensive wellness plans, he says. Additionally, Mrs. Kahle will develop promotion and publicity plans for wellness programs at BRMC and other employers in the region. To further this goal, she will be working closely with BRMC’s on-site Occupational Health Systems Department to address employers’ health initiative needs, explains Mr. Geitner.

“What I want to do is spearhead the wellness initiative in McKean County and the surrounding area,” Mrs. Kahle says, who’s a registered licensed dietitian.