Ernesto Vazquez, MD, is joining the MercyOne Population Health Services Organization as CMO.
"I am looking forward to working on behalf of MercyOne patients and clinicians to advance the quality and lower cost of care available to MercyOne patients. My focus will be the consumer experience at the individual patient and physician level," Dr. Vazquez said in a news release. "I am eager to work with MercyOne data analysts and use insights to help our clinicians find efficiencies and trends to improve care of our patients."
Dr. Vazquez joined West Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne in 2011. He has served in the MercyOne Clive Family Medicine Clinic and is a MercyOne Clinics quality committee member.
Previously, he was a primary care physician with Hermitage, Tenn.-based Summit Medical Center, where he also was a medical executive committee member, department chair for the division of medicine and board member of the Summit Medical Network.