Friday, January 22, 2010

Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News

Ratliff Named CIO at Carondelet Health

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 05:57 AM PST

Maggie Ratliff has been appointed chief information officer for Carondelet Health , a non-profit, Catholic-sponsored healthcare system based in Kansas City, Mo. Previously, Ratliff served as CIO at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., and before that she was information services technology/communications director for Cape Fear Valley Health Systems in Fayetteville, N.C. Carondelet Health has 12 divisions in the Kansas City area, including St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City and St. Mary’s Medical Center in Blue Springs. It’s a member of St. Louis-based Ascension Health, which has more than 100,000 associates working in facilities in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

Ratliff Named CIO at Carondelet Health

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 05:39 AM PST

Maggie Ratliff has been appointed chief information officer for Carondelet Health , a non-profit, Catholic-sponsored healthcare system based in Kansas City, Mo. Previously, Ratliff served as CIO at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., and before that she was information services technology/communications director for Cape Fear Valley Health Systems in Fayetteville, N.C. Carondelet Health has 12 divisions in the Kansas City area, including St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City and St. Mary’s Medical Center in Blue Springs. It’s a member of St. Louis-based Ascension Health, which has more than 100,000 associates working in facilities in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

Healthcare Informatics Names Mark Hagland Editor-in-Chief

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:04 PM PST

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 Vendome Group LLC has announced that Mark Hagland has been named Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Informatics , effective immediately. As a nationally recognized healthcare journalist, Mr. Hagland brings more than 20 years' experience in healthcare publishing as a writer, editor, and speaker. “We are very pleased to have Mark Hagland take a leadership role at Healthcare Informatics . His extensive experience managing healthcare publications and covering healthcare technologies and issues, plus the high regard in which he is held by industry insiders will enable him to implement and achieve strategic goals that benefit Healthcare Informatics and its readers," said Mark Fried, Vice President and Managing Director for the Healthcare Division of New York-based Vendome Group. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Hagland served Healthcare Informatics and its readers for more than 10 years as a Contributing Editor, covering topics including healthcare policy and reform, patient safety and quality, provider-payer relations, organizational strategy, and strategic IT issues and been recognized with numerous national awards for his work. He has also authored two books on improving quality and efficiency in healthcare delivery. He holds a Master of Science in Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. About Healthcare Informatics Healthcare Informatics is the most comprehensive, widely circulated, and best read publication on healthcare information technologies. First published in 1984, Healthcare Informatics has focused on the business of healthcare information technology, targeting the needs of CIOs and other senior executives and clinician leaders involved in the assessment and purchase of information technology for healthcare facilities and organizations. Through its Healthcare Division, Vendome Group is a leading publisher of magazines, books and websites serving the needs of professionals in the acute, ambulatory, long-term, and behavioral healthcare markets. Vendome provides technology, design, management and other business-building information to executives, administrators, clinicians and other allied professionals serving the healthcare industry. Vendome’s team of experts delivers news, commentary, market analysis, and clinical guidance to the industry’s top leaders.
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