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Royal Oak, MI-based Beaumont Health System has Appointed Paula Smith as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Beaumont opened on January 24, 1955 as a 238-bed community hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. Today, that hospital is a 1,061-bed major academic and referral center with Level 1 trauma status and Michigan`s first Magnet-designated hospital for nursing excellence. The hospital ranks first in the United States for inpatient admissions and second for its number of surgeries. A second Beaumont hospital opened in Troy in 1977 as a 200-bed acute care community teaching hospital. It is now among the nation`s highest-volume community hospitals with 361 beds, and is third for its number of admissions and fourth in surgeries among hospitals of its size. In October 2007, Beaumont became a regional health provider when it acquired a third, community hospital with 289 beds in Grosse Pointe. Ninety-one medical and surgical specialties are represented on the Beaumont medical staffs of more than 3,100 physicians. Beaumont is accredited by the Joint Commission. Beaumont is a major teaching facility that has 37 accredited residency and fellowship programs with 400 residents and fellows. For undergraduate training, it is affiliated with the University of Michigan and Wayne State University schools of medicine. Beaumont also has a nursing affiliation with Oakland University (including a top-ranked certified registered nurse anesthetist school), and is partnering with OU to establish a private medical school.
About the Person
Paula Fusco Smith is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., a comprehensive regional network operating four hospitals and multiple post-acute and outpatient sites that serve nearly one million people in southeastern Michigan. Her responsibilities include strategic planning and operations for all information technology services across the organization. Smith has led the charge to transform and integrate the organization’s health information systems to a single platform that supports high-quality and safe care while driving efficiencies and profitability. With more than 30 years’ experience in health care, Smith began her career at Oakwood in 1984, becoming Chief Information Officer in 1998. During her tenure, her major accomplishments include leading the Epic inpatient electronic medical record implementation, creating CareTech Solutions, a healthcare IT outsourcing company, and implementing a comprehensive program for physician office technology and services. She has been actively engaged in community-based health information exchange initiatives, including working with the Social Security Administration and the Southeastern Michigan Beacon Community. Smith is an active member of the College of Health Information Management Executives, the Health Information Management and Systems Society, The Advisory Board, the Scottsdale Institute, the American College of Healthcare Executives and other professional organizations. Smith received her Bachelor of Science degree in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Michigan. She is also a Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems.
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