A special interest group is weighing in on the future of Alberta Health Services' CEO Stephen Duckett.

The group says the province's new Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky should carefully review Duckett's contract and terms of employment to help restore Albertan's confidence in the way health decisions are made in this province.

"It is a very expensive contract with an indefinite term, but there are provisions for both parties to seek termination, " said David Eggen, executive director of Friends of Medicare.

Duckett was hired by former health minister Ron Liepert in March of 2009. Documents show Duckett makes a base salary of nearly $600,000 plus bonuses.

Friends of Medicare say he hasn't improved the health-care system in his year here. Eggen argues the recent decision by Zwozdesky to halt Duckett's plan for nearly 300 acute care bed closures in Edmonton and Calgary is a sign that Duckett is on the wrong track.

"How many times do you reach over your CEO and president before that person becomes redundant...before it becomes obvious that we could find a more moderate leader? Perhaps with more moderate compensation that could do the job better," said Eggen.

A spokesperson for Alberta Health Services says there are no current plans to review Duckett's contract.

The superboard maintains Zwozdesky still fully supports Duckett, despite overruling the bed closure decision.

On Thursday, Zwozdesky cited a jump in population as one of the reasons why he overturned the decision to close hundreds of beds.

And despite the back track, Gene Zwozdesky confirms those beds could still be shut down after a review is completed.

"We have circumstances that are different, for example we have over 90,000 new Albertans from July to July of a year ago... so there are those kind of changes that have to be included in there," said Zwozdesky.

The health board also announced Thursday it's launching benchmarks for health care performance, which will include hospital wait times and patient satisfaction. The results for some of those categories will be made public later this year.

With files from Bill Fortier