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AHCA/NCAL announce new board chair, members of national Quality Award program

Elected to serve as Quality Award Board members through 2026: Heather Herlyn, director of quality and safety at the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, based in Sioux Falls, SD. Herlyn began her career as a nurse at Sanford Health in the intensive care unit. Since that time, she has held positions in clinical and operational leadership roles in the public and private sector.

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