HSHS names System Director of Nursing Operations
October 20, 2026
Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a leading Catholic health ministry with operations in Illinois and Wisconsin, announced today that Jeremy Little, MHA, has been named its System Director of Nursing Operations, effective Oct. 19, 2026. In this role, Little will partner closely with HSHS market and ministry leaders to support workforce effectiveness, nursing labor stewardship, patient flow, capacity management, throughput improvement, transfer center operations and the implementation of system nursing operational priorities.
Little brings more than two decades of leadership experience spanning nursing, healthcare operations, performance improvement, analytics and workforce optimization. His career has been focused on translating strategy into implementation, helping organizations improve access, operational performance and sustainable results. He joins HSHS from serving as Decision Support Senior Analyst at UNC Health Pardee in Hendersonville, N.C., and previously held workforce and performance improvement leadership roles with University of Michigan Health-Sparrow, Tenet Healthcare and HCA Healthcare, where he spent 10 years leading throughput improvement for emergency and surgical services. Little began his nursing career as a critical care registered nurse at Tulane Hospital in New Orleans.
He holds a Master of Health Administration from Louisiana State University Shreveport and an associate degree in nursing from Our Lady of the Lake College in Baton Rouge, La. His undergraduate background in industrial engineering informs his process-driven approach to operations.
Little brings more than two decades of leadership experience spanning nursing, healthcare operations, performance improvement, analytics and workforce optimization. His career has been focused on translating strategy into implementation, helping organizations improve access, operational performance and sustainable results. He joins HSHS from serving as Decision Support Senior Analyst at UNC Health Pardee in Hendersonville, N.C., and previously held workforce and performance improvement leadership roles with University of Michigan Health-Sparrow, Tenet Healthcare and HCA Healthcare, where he spent 10 years leading throughput improvement for emergency and surgical services. Little began his nursing career as a critical care registered nurse at Tulane Hospital in New Orleans.
He holds a Master of Health Administration from Louisiana State University Shreveport and an associate degree in nursing from Our Lady of the Lake College in Baton Rouge, La. His undergraduate background in industrial engineering informs his process-driven approach to operations.
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