Here are 10 hospitals and health systems appointing new IT executives to their teams, as reported by Becker's since Dec. 12:
Editor's note: This article was updated on April and will continue to be updated with the lastest news.
- Lexington, Ky.-based UK HealthCare named Katie Dickens as its new chief digital and information officer.
- Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health named Salim Saiyed, MD, as its new chief health informatics officer and vice president of diplomate clinical informatic.
- Boston-based Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital named Micheal Sweet as its new interim CIO.
- Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine named Marc Overcash as its new inaugural deputy CIO.
- Joy Brown was named senior vice president and chief digital information officer of Boston Medical Center Health System.
- Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center named Lynnette Clinton as its new senior vice president and CIO.
- Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare named Chad Wasserman as its new CIO and senior vice president.
- Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare named Madhu Behera, PhD, as its inaugural chief research informatics officer.
- IU Health named Amar Nagaram as its new associate CIO.
- Murray (Ky.) Calloway County Hospital has named Aaron Rucker as its new CIO.
- Bozeman (Mont.) Health named Vasanth Balu as its new CIO.
- New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health named Kristin Myers to the role of chief digital officer. This is the health system's first chief digital officer.
- Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center named George T. 'Buddy' Hickman as its new chief digital and information officer.
- Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare named Tina Haskins Smith as its new senior vice president and chief information officer.
- UC San Diego Health named Karandeep Singh, MD, as its inaugural chief health artificial intelligence officer, a newly created C-suite role for the health system.