Wednesday, January 25
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has announced that Seattle Children’s Hospital CIO and Senior Vice President Drexel DeFord will serve as the 2012 Chair of CHIME’s Board of Trustees.
Monday, January 23
GE Healthcare IT has appointed Michael Jackman, MBA, to the role of vice president and general manager of its specialty solutions business.
Monday, January 23
MedQuist Holdings has hired Amy Dellamora Amick, MBA, as chief operating officer (COO), and Michael Clark has been appointed executive vice president of global sales.
Thursday, January 19
The Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) promoted Samantha Burch, MA, to vice president of quality and health IT.
Thursday, January 12
Donald L. Fowler has been named president of Toshiba America Medical Systems, according to the Tustin, Calif.-based diagnostic imaging system distributor.
Friday, December 09
Carl Sirio, MD, is leaving his job at the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia to take on three jobs at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio: vice president for medical affairs, associate dean for clinical affairs and CMIO. The multiple titles, Sirio said, reflect the healthcare system’s need to break down silos and collaborate.
Thursday, November 03
Richard C.K. Jordan, DDS, PhD, will direct the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) Biospecimen Resource housed at the University of California, San Francisco.
Monday, October 24
Gary and Mary West, co-founders of the West Wireless Health Institute, have formed the West Investment Fund, a $100 million investment fund that will provide risk capital for innovative healthcare technology companies that offer the potential to lower the cost of healthcare.
Sunday, October 23
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has added the position of principal deputy in an effort to “to more effectively meet the mission outlined by the Health IT for Economic and Clinical Health Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 [ARRA].”
Wednesday, October 19
Abbott will separate into two different publicly traded companies: the medical product manufacturer will split into a diversified medical products company and the other company will be focused on research-based pharmaceuticals.
Tuesday, October 18
Medtronic's board of directors has unanimously voted to elect Michael O. Leavitt, founder and chairman of Leavitt Partners and former Governor of Utah, to the board as an independent director.
Monday, October 17
Mark McKinney has been named Healthcare Information Xchange of New York’s CEO, effective Oct. 17.
Friday, October 07
Teleradiology firm Virtual Radiologic (vRad) has named Pat Basu, MD, MBA, chief medical officer. He has just completed a one-year term in President Barack Obama’s administration serving as a White House Fellow, a program for national leadership and public service.
Tuesday, October 04
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has named Rosemary Kennedy, PhD, vice president for health IT. Kennedy joins NQF from Siemens Medical Solutions, where for seven years she was the chief nursing informatics officer.
Wednesday, September 28
An executive of AngioDynamics, which develops medical devices used by interventional radiologists, nephrologists and surgeons for the minimally invasive treatment of cancer and peripheral vascular disease, has announced his resignation after one year with the company.
Tuesday, September 20
Steven Jones, MD, a family practice physician, will join Meditech as the company's lead physician for electronic health record (EHR) development efforts, as well as across multiple clinical projects.
Wednesday, September 14
Michael Mahoney, worldwide chair of the medical device and diagnostics group for Johnson & Johnson, will become president of Boston Scientific as of Oct. 17, according to a statement from the company. Mahoney is expected to become CEO by Nov. 1, 2012, as well.
Friday, September 09
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) board of directors has appointed Lynne Thomas Gordon, MBA, as CEO, effective Sept. 29.
Monday, August 29
Ronald Petersen, MD, director of the Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, was selected to chair the Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care and Services. The formation of the group was announced Aug. 23 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Thursday, August 25
Christus Santa Rosa Health System of San Antonio has named George Gellert, MD, for the newly created regional medical informatics officer position.
