North Kansas City (Mo.) Hospital selected Doug Abel to serve as CIO, according to a Kansas City Business Journal report.
Here are three notes:
1. Mr. Abel previously served as managing director of strategy and planning for Encore Health Resources, a Quintiles company based in Houston.
2. Prior to that, he was vice president of solution delivery for Overland Park, Kan.-based Netsmart as well as vice president at North Kansas City-based Cerner.
3. North Kansas City Hospital, a 451-bed facility, saw 21,000 admissions in 2015.