Lexington, Ky.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare is promoting current Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of IT Mike Roberts to chief information security officer, according to Oct. 3 reporting in The Register Herald.
Prior to his time at Appalachian Regional, Mr. Roberts served as CIO at Highlands Health System. Mr. Roberts became vice president of IT and chief technology officer when Highlands merged with Appalachian Regional in 2019.
In his new position, Mr. Roberts will be responsible for all IT areas across the system. Mr. Roberts has 29 years of health IT experience.