What Happened?
Pittsburgh, PA-based University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has Appointed Jim Venturella as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
A $23 billion health care provider and insurer, Pittsburgh-based UPMC is inventing new models of patient-centered, cost-effective, accountable care. The largest nongovernmental employer in Pennsylvania, UPMC integrates 92,000 employees, 40 hospitals, 700 doctors` offices and outpatient sites, and a 4 million-member Insurance Services Division, the largest medical insurer in western Pennsylvania. In the most recent fiscal year, UPMC contributed $1.4 billion in benefits to its communities, including more care to the region`s most vulnerable citizens than any other health care institution, and paid more than $800 million in federal, state, and local taxes. Working in close collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC shares its clinical, managerial, and technological skills worldwide through its innovation and commercialization arm, UPMC Enterprises, and through UPMC International. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside among the nation`s best hospitals in many specialties and ranks UPMC Children`s Hospital of Pittsburgh on its Honor Roll of America`s Best Children`s Hospitals.
About the Person
Jim Venturella, Chief Information Officer, Hospital and Physician Services Division, UPMC. Jim oversees all information technology operations across UPMC's 20 hospitals, 400 outpatient sites and its network of cancer centers. He previously served as CIO of UPMC's Hospital and Community Services Division, where he helped UPMC to achieve international recognition as one of the most advanced users of comprehensive electronic medical records (EMRs) to promote safe, high-quality patient care. Prior to joining UPMC in 2007, Jim worked with healthcare clients for 17 years at Andersen Consulting and Deloitte Consulting. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
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