SA Ignite Announces New President
SA Ignite has announced that Jeff Galowich will join the company as its president. In this new role, Galowich will oversee company operations and lead business development initiatives. Galowich, a proven healthcare technology executive and entrepreneur, formerly served as a co-founder, board member and executive vice president of Initiate Systems, which was acquired by IBM in 2010.
PhDx Systems, Inc. Names Richard Keck President and CEO
PhDx Systems, Inc., a software and services company that specializes in patient-reported outcomes for spine and orthopedic procedures, has named Richard Keck president and CEO. In his new position, Keck will focus on expanding PhDx’s role as an industry leader in patient-centered outcomes research, including real-time feedback.
Jeffrey Kraines, MD, Joins Health Dialog as Vice President, Medical Director
Health Dialog announced Jeffrey Kraines, MD, has joined Health Dialog as Vice President, Medical Director. Bringing over 25 years of experience as a senior healthcare executive, Kraines will oversee the medical and clinical aspects of Health Dialog products and services to ensure that their quality and clinical relevance remain at the highest levels.
LDM Group Names Paul Hooper Vice President of Retail Innovations and Product Commercialization
LDM Group, the leading provider of behavior based health management programs, announced that it has appointed Paul Hooper as the new Vice President of Retail Innovations and Product Commercialization. Hooper joins LDM with more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He has held executive leadership positions across a wide range of sales, operational and management functions. In his new role with LDM, Paul looks to expand the company’s initiatives with a focus on developing programs, and partnerships that provide advanced retail pharmacy solutions.
Kevin Fickenscher, M.D. Joins AMC Health as CMO and President, Healthcare Division
AMC Health, a leading provider of end-to-end telehealth solutions, announced that Kevin Fickenscher, M.D., CPE, FACPE, FAAFP, and former President and CEO of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), has joined the company as its Chief Medical Officer and President, Healthcare Division.
Scribes STAT Rebrands as Essia Health, Appoints New President and CEO
Scribes STAT, Inc., announced that the company has been rebranded as Essia Health and Matthew J. Kirchner has been appointed president and chief executive officer. The changes position the company for its next phase of rapid growth in the electronic medical record (EMR) optimization space.
Founder and Industry Veteran Returns to Lead HEALTHeCAREERS Network
Bryan Bassett has joined Dice Holdings, Inc. as Managing Director of HEALTHeCAREERS Network, Health Callings and BioSpace. “I’m excited about this opportunity on a number of fronts. As the healthcare regulatory environment gains clarity, so does the growing demand for a wide variety of nurses, doctors and allied health professionals,” said Bryan Bassett, Managing Director. “The combination of HEALTHeCAREERS and Health Callings gives us the community, traffic, products and experienced staff to provide even greater value for customers and partners. It’s also personally rewarding to return and find so many of our original hospitals, recruiters and associations have remained trusted partners over nearly two decades. I’m looking forward to reconnecting!”
Kindred Healthcare Appoints C. Scott Blanchette as Chief Information Officer
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (“Kindred” or the “Company”) (NYSE:KND) announced the appointment of C. Scott Blanchette as Chief Information Officer, effective February 17, 2014. He succeeds Richard E. Chapman, who retired effective December 31, 2013. Mr. Blanchette has more than 20 years of information technology experience, including serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Vanguard Health Systems, where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer since 2011.
Conversa Health Names Anna-Lisa Silvestre as Chief Marketing Officer
Conversa Health, which helps physicians manage their relationships with patients through its digital care platform, named Anna-Lisa Silvestre as Chief Marketing Officer. Silvestre brings over 30 years of experience in health care, with 20 years focused on digital health services. As vice president of online services at Kaiser Permanente, she spearheaded development and user adoption of the award-winning www.kp.org portal, which connects over 4 million members with their physicians and medical records, and provides them with the ability to manage their family’s health care.
Bryan Oshiro, MD Joins Health Catalyst As Chief Medical Officer
Health Catalyst, the leader in healthcare data warehousing and analytics, announced the appointment of Bryan Oshiro, MD as chief medical officer. Dr. Oshiro, currently an Associate Professor at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in Loma Linda, CA and was the clinical leader of the first quality improvement initiative at Utah’s Intermountain Healthcare, in the 1990s. He will put his three decades of quality improvement expertise to work on behalf of Health Catalyst’s health system clients.
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