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Cincinnati, OH-based TriHealth has Promoted John R. Ward as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Trihealth is physicians, hospitals, and communities working together to help you live better. The mission of Trihealth is to improve the health status of the people we serve. We pursue our mission by providing a full range of health related services including prevention, wellness and education. Care is provided with compassion consistent with the values of our organization. Trihealth is the healthcare system that formed as a partnership between Good Samaritan Hospital and Bethesda Hospital, Inc. Trihealth provides a wide range of clinical, educational, preventive and social programs. The system also includes an ambulatory network, a research division, physician practices, corporate health, hospice care, a fitness and health pavilion, and other providers working together to improve the health status of the people it serves.
About the Person
John Ward, 50, also will lead planning to chart corporate strategy for information services for the next five years. Ward spent 10 of his last 11 years working for TriHealth or Group Health, a subsidiary. He was chief information officer and director of business development at Group Health Associates from 2004 to 2007. From 2007-12, he was director of health systems integration for TriHealth. Ward became director of ambulatory systems in 2013, a role in which he was responsible for the implementation of the Epic electronic health record system with TriHealth’s employed doctors. A 1988 business graduate of Georgetown College, Ward is a member of the board of trustees at the Kentucky school.
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