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Little Rock, AR-based Baptist Health has Promoted David Bensema as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
For more than 90 years, Baptist Health has been delivering quality healthcare to the citizens of Arkansas. Baptist Health is the state's most comprehensive healthcare system. With more than 175 points of access - including seven Arkansas hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, family clinics, therapy and wellness centers - Baptist Health is committed to delivering all our best in healthcare to the people of Arkansas. At Baptist Health, we believe healthcare is more than just a business. It is part of our Christian ministry based on the revelation of God through creation, the Bible and Jesus Christ. Care of the whole person - body, mind and spirit is an expression of Christian faith. We are instruments of God's restorative power and are responsible for giving compassionate care. Baptist Health exists to provide quality patient-centered services, promote and protect the voluntary not-for-profit healthcare system, provide quality health education and respond to the changing needs of the citizens of Arkansas with Christian compassion and personal concern consistent with our charitable purpose.
About the Person
As chief medical information officer for Baptist Health since July, David Bensema has led a task force to select a new information technology system and has served on the task force to develop a system-wide electronic personal health record. A board certified internist, he spent 16 years in private practice in Lexington before he joined the Baptist system in 2006 as executive director of physician services for Central Baptist Hospital, now Baptist Health Lexington, and medical director of Baptist Physicians Lexington, Inc. Bensema received a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Kentucky in 1982, followed by his medical degree in 1986. He continued his training at UK, completing his residency in internal medicine in 1989 and his chief residency in 1990. He completed his master’s degree in business administration from Auburn in May.
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