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Emeryville, CA-based MedeAnalytics has Appointed Michael Smith as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
MedeAnalytics provides evidence-based insights to solve a real problem that plagues health care – how to use the immense amount of patient data collected along the care continuum to deliver cost – effective care and promote a healthier population. The platform delivers intelligence that helps healthcare organizations detect their greatest areas of risk and identify opportunities to improve their financial health. It empowers providers and health plans to collaborate and use data to strengthen their operations and improve the quality of care. MedeAnalytics` cloud-based tools have been used to analyze more than 21 billion patient encounters in the United States and United Kingdom, providing better care to more than 30 million patients and better business for 900 healthcare organizations.
About the Person
Ping Zhang joined MedeAnalytics in April 2013 with over 20 years of technology, product innovation, client delivery, and business experience. He has provided engineering leadership for a wide variety of organizations, ranging from startups to some of the world’s best-known technology companies. Most recently, Ping was the senior vice president of research & development at Epocrates, Inc., a mobile and cloud-based health pioneer widely recognized for developing the most popular point-of-care medical applications used by physicians. Prior to Epocrates, he held executive leadership positions for Harris Corporation, Carefx Corporation, QuadraMed Corporation, and Siemens. Ping earned his bachelor’s degree at the age of 19 from Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha, China. He holds both a Master of Science degree and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Ping enjoys reading, jogging, and playing basketball with his two teenage boys. He also serves as a volunteer judge for youth speech and debate events.
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