COOPERSTOWN — Bassett Healthcare Network recently announced the appointment of Carlton J. Rule, MD, as chief quality officer. In this role, Rule will oversee system-wide quality programs, patient safety, performance improvement, and patient experience. His responsibilities encompass ensuring regulatory compliance across all affiliated hospitals and clinics, the Cooperstown–based health system said in its Nov. 6 […]
COOPERSTOWN — Bassett Healthcare Network recently announced the appointment of Carlton J. Rule, MD, as chief quality officer.
In this role, Rule will oversee system-wide quality programs, patient safety, performance improvement, and patient experience. His responsibilities encompass ensuring regulatory compliance across all affiliated hospitals and clinics, the Cooperstown–based health system said in its Nov. 6 announcement.
As the chief quality officer, Rule will work closely with clinical and non-clinical teams across Bassett Healthcare Network’s hospitals, clinics, school-based health centers, long-term care facilities, and other locations to improve the organization’s quality performance and programs.
Rule has held progressive clinical leadership roles within Bassett Healthcare Network for more than 20 years. He is currently VP of medical affairs for Bassett Medical Center and the network’s critical access hospitals, including Cobleskill Regional Hospital, Little Falls Hospital, and O’Connor Hospital — a position he will maintain in addition to taking on the role of chief quality officer. In his position as VP of medical affairs, Rule serves as a key advisor to Bassett’s medical staff leadership and executives, participates in peer review and grievance committees, and guides clinical governance and bylaws development, per the announcement.
Prior to his tenure as VP of medical affairs, Rule served as president and CEO of O’Connor Hospital in Delhi and Tri-Town Regional Hospital in Sidney (now A.O. Fox Hospital – Tri-Town Campus) from 2014-2017. He also served as medical director of Bassett’s southern region health centers in Delaware County, including Delhi, Andes, Stamford, and Walton.
Rule has been a practicing physician in family medicine for more than 30 years. He graduated from Cornell University and New York University School of Medicine. Before joining Bassett Medical Group in 2011, Rule served as executive VP of A.O. Fox Hospital. He has also worked as the medical director of First Community Care of Bassett and medical advisor to At Home Care, Inc.
Bassett Healthcare Network is an integrated health system that provides care and services to people living in a 5,600-square-mile region in upstate New York. The organization includes five corporately affiliated hospitals, more than two dozen community-based health centers, over 20 school-based health centers, two skilled-nursing facilities, and other health partners in related fields.
