What Happened?
Surrey, BC-based Fraser Health Authority has appointed Philip Barker as Vice President of Information Management.
About the Company
Fraser Health provides a wide range of integrated health care services to more than 1.5 million people living in communities stretching from Burnaby to White Rock to Hope. The Royal Columbian Hospital, located in the city of New Westminster, is the oldest hospital in British Columbia and one of Fraser Health`s busiest[citation needed]. A major tertiary care facility known for trauma care, neurosurgery and open-heart surgery, the Royal Columbian Hospital has the only program capable of performing cardiac surgery for expectant women in the Province of British Columbia. As one of Canada`s largest and fastest growing health authorities, with over 26,000 employees, 2,500 physicians and nearly 6,500 volunteers, all intent on ensuring that when you need us, we`ll be there for you.
About the Person
Philip Barker leads the governance and strategic management of Fraser Health’s information management services and technologies that support greater clinical services integration and collaboration across the region, lower mainland, and provincial eHealth initiatives. Philip provides executive leadership to a portfolio of services focused on enabling change and transformation to improve service quality and system performance. These services include the areas of Strategic Transformation, Health Informatics, Information Management Investment Planning Governance, Information Privacy, Health & Business Analytics and IT Infrastructure / Biomedical Engineering Shared Services. Philip has more than 25 years of health care management and consulting experience in public and private sectors. At the national, provincial and health provider organization level, Philip has led health care improvement initiatives that capitalize on sound information management practices, process redesign, clinical transformation and emerging technologies. Throughout a decade of past experience with IBM Global Business Services, Philip has managed consulting services on a number of significant initiatives within Health Authorities, the BC Ministry of Health, and Alberta Health and Wellness. He previously served in senior leadership roles with Simon Fraser Health Region, Fraser-Burrard Hospital Society, Calgary District Hospital Group and University Hospital in Saskatoon. Philip currently serves on the Board of Directors of Health Improvement Action BC. Philip has a Master of Health Services Administration and a Bachelor of Science [Pharmacology] from the Faculty of Medicine and Public Health Services at the University of Alberta. He has earned the designation of Certified Health Executive (CHE) from the Canadian College of Health Leaders.
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