What Happened?
Providence, RI-based Lifespan Appointed Cedric Priebe as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Lifespan, Rhode Island`s first health system, was founded in 1994 by Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. A comprehensive, integrated, academic health system affiliated with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Lifespan`s present partners also include Rhode Island Hospital`s pediatric division, Hasbro Children`s Hospital; Bradley Hospital; and Newport Hospital. A not-for-profit organization, Lifespan is overseen by a board of volunteer community leaders who are guided by its mission: Delivering Health with Care.
About the Person
Cedric J. Priebe joins Lifespan from Partners HealthCare – Massachusetts’ largest health care system – where he served as vice president and chief information officer for Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, as well as provided oversight for IT at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. While at Partners, Priebe successfully implemented its new electronic health record system at Brigham and Women`s Hospital, Brigham and Women`s Faulkner Hospital, Partners HealthCare at Home and at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The system, called Partners eCare, is an Epic-based electronic health record system similar to Lifespan’s recently launched LifeChart. Prior to his role at Partners, Priebe was senior vice president and CIO at Care New England, where he led major clinical information system initiatives for Women & Infants, Kent and Butler hospitals. As a medical researcher, Priebe has focused on the impact clinical information software and networks have on the quality of care being delivered, as well as the influence it has on medical education. During his tenure with Care New England, Priebe was active and well known within Rhode Island’s health care and IT sectors. He was instrumental in the early work that led to the creation of Rhode Island’s health information exchange, CurrentCare. Priebe’s other healthcare IT experience includes leadership positions at McKesson Information Solutions, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions and IDX Systems Corporation. Priebe earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. A pediatrician, he plans to have a clinical role at Hasbro Children’s Hospital.
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