Here are 26 hospitals and health systems that have appointed new chief information officers, as reported by Becker's since Jan. 1:
- Courtney Lewis Starnes was named senior vice president and chief information officer of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health.
- Nancy Levett was named CIO and vice president of Rome (N.Y.) Health.
- Michael Saad was named senior vice president and CIO of Traverse City, Mich- based Munson Healthcare.
- Tim Pugsley was named CIO of Watertown, S.D.-based Prairie Lakes Healthcare System.
- Tim Belec was named CIO of Fairfield, Iowa-based Jefferson County Health Center.
- David Singer was named CIO of New Orleans-based LCMC Health.
- Julie Eastman was named CIO of Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health.
- Sarah Hatchett was named interim CIO of Cleveland Clinic.
- Matthew Kull was named chief information and digital officer of Falls Church, Va.-based Inova.
- Tanya Townsend was named chief information and digital officer of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine Children's Health.
- Susan Ibanez was named CIO of Brunswick-based Southeast Georgia Health System.
- Tony Johnston was named senior vice president of information services and CIO of Cincinnati Children's.
- Elizabeth Price was named vice president of information systems and CIO of Lewisburg, Pa.-based Evangelical Community Hospital.
- Tom Gregorio was named senior vice president and CIO of Providence, R.I.-based Care New England.
- Tyler Whetstine was named CIO of Mobile, Ala-based USA Health.
- William Walders was named CIO of Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare.
- Jennifer Stemmler was named CIO of Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health.
- Conrad Band was named CIO and senior vice president of Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
- Donna Peters was named senior vice president and CIO of Cincinnati-based TriHealth.
- Steven Travers, PhD, was named vice president and CIO of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health.
- Tim McDermott was named CIO of Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center.
- Daniel Stross was named vice president and CIO of Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health.
- Mark Waind was named CIO consultant of Aitkin, Minn.-based Riverwood Healthcare Center.
- Richard Mendola was named vice president and CIO of Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins University.
- Tom Bartiromo was named CIO of West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health.
- Lori Boisjoli was named senior vice president and CIO of Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network.