Health IT Appointments and Hires 2014

Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and Director of the Office of Clinical Quality and Safety (OCQS) Judy Murphy leaving ONC
Judy Murphy, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and Director of the Office of Clinical Quality and Safety (OCQS), will be leaving ONC to take on an exciting new position as Chief Nursing Officer with IBM Healthcare Global Business Services. Her last day will be October 17.

Meet ONC’s New Patient Engagement Lead
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has a new head for its Consumer eHealth division: Lana Moriarty. She succeeds Lygeia Ricciardi, who pioneered the position in 2012. Ricciardi stepped down earlier this summer; Moriarty, who was appointed Sept. 11, will serve as acting director for consumer e-health, working within ONC’s Office of Programs & Engagement.

CHIME Announces New Board Members
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) (@CIOCHIME) announced the election of members Myra Davis, Liz Johnson and Albert Oriol to its Board of Trustees, as well as Frank A. Nydam to its Foundation Board of Directors.

New ONC Certification Program Director
It was announced that Captain Alicia Morton will be the next Director of the ONC Health IT Certification Program. Alicia brings a wealth of experience and professional interest to this important position within the Office of Standards and Technology. Alicia joined ONC in 2005 to lead the contract awarded to CCHIT, which represented ONC’s first foray into EHR certification. Since 2005, she has worked in a variety of roles within several ONC offices. Recent areas of focus have been clinical decision support projects, including Health eDecisions, the SHARP C grant, and the University Based Training grant program. In her most recent roles, she served as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer alongside Jacob Reider and as a Senior Advisor in OST.

GNS Healthcare Appoints Dr. Jan Berger to Its Board of Directors
GNS Healthcare (GNS) (@gnshealthcare), a leading provider of big data analytics in health care, announced the appointment of Dr. Jan Berger to its board of directors. Berger, who served CVS Caremark as chief clinical officer for nearly 10 years, is an internationally recognized expert in medication adherence and value-based health care. She is currently president and CEO of Health Intelligence Partners, a consultancy providing business strategies and solutions to clients across the care continuum.

CynergisTek Vice President of Compliance Joins Editorial Advisory Board at AIS Health’s Report on Patient Privacy
CynergisTek™ (@cynergistek), a leading provider of IT security solutions and services for healthcare organizations, announced that its Vice President of Compliance, David Holtzman, will join the Editorial Advisory Board at AIS Health’s Report on Patient Privacy, a well-regarded industry source of timely news and business strategies for safeguarding patient privacy and data security. In this role, Holtzman will advise the direction of the publication’s editorial content and contribute to the peer-review and manuscript selection process.

Anthelio Announces Appointment of Kevin A. Schulman, M.D., to Board of Directors
Anthelio Healthcare Solutions (@Anthelio), the largest independent provider of technology and services to hospitals, physician practice groups and other healthcare providers, announced the appointment of Kevin A. Schulman, M.D., M.B.A., to the Board of Directors of Anthelio Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Dr. Schulman’s unique combination of clinical and research expertise, informatics knowledge and strong healthcare business background will be invaluable to Anthelio as the company continues its tradition of providing cutting-edge technology solutions and services to help healthcare providers successfully navigate today’s ever-changing healthcare landscape.

Kareo Adds Technology Executive Brett Caine to Board of Directors
Kareo (@GoKareo), the leading provider of cloud-based medical office software for small medical practices, announced that Brett Caine has been appointed to the Kareo board of directors. Caine will leverage his 22 years of executive experience in the technology industry to provide consultative guidance around Kareo’s market and product strategy, further enhancing Kareo’s role as the independent physicians’ trusted partner.

ICF International Names John T. Guda Senior Vice President
ICF International (@ICFI), a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, has named John T. Guda senior vice president and general manager for ICF’s commercial healthcare business. With more than 25 years of experience in the commercial healthcare market, Mr. Guda brings to ICF an extensive knowledge of the rapidly changing healthcare marketplace, both in the U.S. and globally. Mr. Guda’s track record of driving growth and innovation in the areas of business consulting, commercial software products, systems integration and outsourcing across the provider, payer and life sciences market segments reinforces ICF’s commercial healthcare line of business.

LifeMap Solutions Adds Chief Technology Officer to Leadership Team
BioTime, Inc. (@BioTimeBTX) and its subsidiary LifeMap Solutions, Inc., a medical technology company, announced significant additions to the LifeMap Solutions management team. LifeMap Solutions is partnering with the Icahn Institute at Mount Sinai to create innovative mobile health (mHealth) products and services backed by big data. The company announced the appointment of Rafhael Cedeno as Chief Technology Officer and Head of Product, as well as the addition of Joel Dudley, PhD, Rong Chen, PhD, and Elissa Levin from the Icahn Institute as members of the LifeMap Solutions science team.

Christopher G. Richards, RHIA, BA, BSHIM Named Senior Associate for Barry Libman Inc.
Christopher G. Richards, RHIA, BA, BSHIM, a leading health care industry expert with 28 years of experience in the health care field, has been named as a Senior Associate at Barry Libman Inc., a nationally recognized medical record coding, audit, and educational provider.

See previously reported hires and appointments on the next pages.