Jeff Brown, Seattle Children's
Jeff Brown has been appointed senior vice president and chief information officer of Seattle Children's, the hospital announced Feb. 1. He has filled the interim CIO position since April 2015.
Paul DePodesta, Scripps Translational Science Institute
Paul DePodesta, one of the men who brought "Moneyball" to Major League Baseball, just joined Scripps Translational Science Institute, where he will use his data-analyzing prowess to help drive transformation in medicine.
Jonathan S. Lewin, MD
Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, senior vice president for integrated healthcare delivery and co-chair for strategic planning at Johns Hopkins Medicine, will leave the Baltimore health system for Emory Healthcare in Atlanta. He is slated to begin his tenure as president, CEO and chairman of the board of directors at Emory on Feb. 1.
Lisa Gallagher, HIMSS
Lisa Gallagher, vice president of technology solutions, HIMSS North America, will serve as co-chair of the Health IT Standards Committee, a federal advisory panel that advises the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Gallagher will serve with co-chair Arien Malec, VP, data platform and acquisition tools at RelayHealth. Gallagher and Malec succeed John Halamka, MD, the CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, whose term will end in January 2016.
Arien Malec, RelayHealth
Arien Malec, VP, data platform and acquisition tools at RelayHealth, will serve as co-chair of the Health IT Standards Committee, a federal advisory panel that advises the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Malec will serve with co-chair Lisa Gallagher, vice president of technology solutions, HIMSS North America. Malec and Gallagher succeed John Halamka, MD, the CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, whose term will end in January 2016.
Andy Crowder, CIO at Scripps Health
San Diego-based Scripps Health has hired Andy Crowder as its chief information officer and corporate senior vice president. Crowder comes to Scripps from MaineHealth, where he served as senior vice president and CIO.
Jodi Daniel
Jodi G. Daniel, who most recently served as director at ONC's office of policy, has joined the Washington, DC-based Crowell & Moring law firm. Daniel will be part of the firm’s healthcare division, providing regulatory and legal advice to the group’s clients. Daniel announced she was stepping down from the ONC post, a position she held for the past 10 years, just this September. "Jodi literally wrote the book--and all the rules--governing health information technology, including the complex HIPAA privacy and enforcement rules," said John T. Brennan Jr., chair of the firm's healthcare group, in a statement.
Sashikanth "Sashi" Kodali, MD
Sparks Health System in Fort Smith, Arkansas, has hired Sashikanth "Sashi" Kodali, MD, as its new chief medical information officer. Kodali joins the health system after coming from Vidant Health System, where he served as medical director of informatics. Prior to that, he held the role of medical director in the dept. of clinical innovation at Geisinger Health System.
William Tierney, MD, president and CEO, Regenstrief Institute
After 35 years of research innovation and leadership at Regenstrief Institute in Indianapolis, William Tierney, MD, Regenstrief's president and CEO, is headed to Austin, Texas, where he will take on population health.
Ed Marx, The Advisory Board Company
Ed Marx was recently hired by The Advisory Board Company, and through its Clinovations subsidiary is working with the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to help it implement the Epic electronic medical record.
Joey Sudomir, Texas Health Resources
Joey Sudomir, Texas Health Resources has appointed Joey Sudomir as chief information officer and senior vice president of Innovative Technology Solutions. Full story.
Madeline Bell, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Madeline Bell, president and COO at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has been named the hospital’s president and CEO by the board of trustees. She succeeds Steven M. Altschuler, MD, who retired. The transition of leadership was to be completed on July 1.
Deven McGraw, HHS Office for Civil Rights
Deven McGraw will join the the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights as the Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy. At OCR, McGraw will lead policy, enforcement and outreach efforts related to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules. Full story
Thomas August, John Muir Health
John Muir Health in Walnut Creek, California, has hired Thomas August as chief information security officer. August assumed his new duties April 13. Full story
Sarah Muttitt, MD, Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children
The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, has appointed Sarah Muttitt, MD, to the position of chief information officer and vice president of the information management and technology portfolio at the organization, effective July 2015. Full story
Martin Howard, Amedisys
Martin Howard has been appointed chief information officer at Amedisys, a nationwide home health and hospice provider based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Full story.
John Ward, TriHealth
TriHealth, in Cincinnati, Ohio, has named John Ward its new chief information officer, as of May 4. Ward has served as the Interim CIO for TriHealth since December 2014. Full story.
Daniel Martich, West Virginia United Health System
Daniel Martich, MD, vice president for physician services and chief medical information officer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, has been named chief medical officer of the West Virginia United Health System in Morgantown, West Virginia. Full story.
Charles Christian, Indiana Health Information Exchange
The Indiana Health Information Exchange has named Charles E. Christian as vice president of technology and engagement, beginning May 1, 2015. Full story.
Dee Emon, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Deette "Dee" Emon has been named vice president and chief information officer at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, N.C. Full story.
Richard "Dick" Daniels, Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente named Richard "Dick" Daniels its new executive vice president and chief information officer on Feb. 9. Daniels had held the interim position since fall 2014. Full story.
Bryan Sivak, HHS
Bryan Sivak, chief technology officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will leave the agency in April. He joined HHS in June 2012, succeeding Todd Park, who had left the post for one as White House CTO. Full story.
Greg Flanagan, Coordinated Health
Coordinated Health, a Pennsylvania-based, privately held, physician-owned, surgical specialty hospital network, has appointed Greg Flanagan as its new chief information officer. Full story.
Thomas Mason, ONC
Thomas Mason, MD, joined the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology as chief medical officer, effective Feb. 23. Mason, an internist, will have clinical oversight of ONC programs and clinical coordination within ONC. Full story.
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