YOAKUM — For 100 years, while other rural hospitals struggled to survive, Yoakum Community Hospital has remained steadfast. From nurses who were also nuns wearing habits to the nurses roaming the ...

Karen Barber has worked at the Yoakum, Texas hospital for 30 years. Recently, Yoakum Community Hospital (YCH), a 25-bed critical access hospital in Yoakum, Texas, announced that its CEO will be ...

Karen Barber has served as CEO of Yoakum (Texas) Community Hospital since 2006. Ms. Barber originally joined the hospital as a nurse in 1992. Since Ms. Barber took the reins at the 25-bed hospital, ...

1922 – Huth Memorial Hospital, a 13-bed facility, opens on Hubbard Street. 1933 – Sisters of The Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament of Victoria take over management of the hospital. Huth Memorial ...

For a hospital CEO, keeping a positive attitude isn’t always easy. But for Yoakum Community Hospital CEO Karen Barber, maintaining an optimistic outlook is the best way to approach challenges in ...

Tiffany Miller, DBA, MHA, became CEO of Yoakum Community Hospital following Karen Barber's retirement in January 2023. Editor's note: This conversation is a transcript from an episode of the ...