Jack Redding Joins Halfpenny Technologies as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Halfpenny Technologies, a leading provider of clinical data exchange solutions interoperability, announced it has named Jack Redding as its new Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing. “Jack’s extensive experience in healthcare leadership, laboratory technology, and business development will enable us to strengthen our customer relationships and establish strong business strategy for sales,” says Tim Kowalski, president and chief executive officer of Halfpenny Technologies. “His ability to develop and execute business strategies will be integral to our growth in the lab, hospital, health plan, and accountable care markets. Jack has an impressive track record in healthcare, and he understands the complex nature of the challenges facing our industry today.”
ClearDATA Appoints Health IT Veteran Scott Whyte to Executive Team for Growth and Innovation
ClearDATA, the leading provider of secure, compliant health cloud computing, is pleased to announce the appointment of a veteran to a senior leadership position to help drive innovation and growth. Scott Whyte will serve as Senior Vice President for Growth and Innovation, bringing over 25 years of health and IT experience to extend ClearDATA’s mission of delivering secure, agile, cost effective cloud services to health care.
Advanced Practice Strategies Hires Vice President of Strategy & Analytics
Advanced Practice Strategies (APS) announced it has hired Tim Darling as Vice President of Strategy & Analytics. Tim will focus on national scale efforts to improve healthcare outcomes using the company’s growing database of clinician knowledge, judgment, and decision-making.
Jeffrey Kao Named Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Information & Technology Services for McKesson Specialty Health and The US Oncology Network
McKesson Specialty Health and The US Oncology Network announced the appointment of Jeffrey Kao as chief information officer and senior vice president, Information & Technology Services.
“Jeff has a proven track record in planning, building and deploying industry-leading technologies – both internally and externally,” said Marc Owen, president, McKesson Specialty Health. “We believe that Jeff is the right person to guide our organization to the next stage of healthcare technology innovation, and help our customers and The US Oncology Network physicians achieve their clinical and operational goals in a safe, efficient manner.”
Humana Names Chris Hunter Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation’s leading health and well-being companies, announced that Chris Hunter has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. In this capacity Hunter will be responsible for leading the company’s strategic planning processes and setting the direction for merger and acquisition, joint venture and other corporate activities. He will assume the role effective Jan. 6.
ZirMed Joins WEDI Board of Directors
ZirMed®, a leading health information connectivity and management solutions company, announced that Betty Gomez has been selected to join the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) Board of Directors. Gomez will serve a two-year term beginning January 1, 2014.