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Marietta, GA-based WellStar Health System has terminated Ron Strachan as chief information officer.
About the Company
WellStar Health System, the largest health system in Georgia, is known nationally for its innovative care models, focused on improving quality and access to healthcare. Staying ahead of the curve in technology has enabled WellStar to be leaders in both diagnosis and treatment of an extensive array of health conditions. Serving a diverse population, WellStar consistently looks at total patient wellness and works to ensure that all systems support that focus. WellStar is recognized nationally as an employer of choice and is featured on FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For list and Work Mother Magazine`s Best Companies list. Specialist and primary care providers work in a multi-disciplinary environment with 20,000 team members throughout out 11 hospitals, 225 medical office locations, outpatient centers, health parks, a pediatric center, nursing centers, hospice and homecare. By working through a patient-centered model of care, WellStar places enormous value on quality and safety with many accolades to support our work.
About the Person
Ron Strachan is CIO at McLaren Health Care in Flint, Michigan. Ron has been working in Information Technology for nearly 30 years with his primary focus on Healthcare IT for over 25 years. He has held positions of systems analyst, project manager, consultant, partner and CIO at firms including Community Health Network (Indiana), WellStar Health System (Georgia), Kurt Salmon Associates (Minnesota), HealthEast Care System (Minnesota), Matria Healthcare (Georgia), Catholic Health Partners (Ohio), The Detroit Medical Center, Price Waterhouse Coopers (Michigan), St. John's Health System (Michigan), and RL Polk (Michigan). In addition, in 2007 he served as Chairman of the Board of CHIME (the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives) and is a long-standing member of CHIME and HIMSS (Healthcare Information Management Systems Society). He has also served as Chairman of the Board of Women's Advocates in St. Paul, Minnesota, and served on the Century College Technology Curriculum Advisory Committee, also in St. Paul, Minnesota. Additionally, Ron has served on adviosory boards for McKesson Coroporation, Surgical Information Systems, the State of Georgia and is an active member of Gerson Lehrman Group Council of Advisors. Ron received a Master of Science in Business from Central Michigan University. His undergraduate work in Computer Science and Business Administration was completed at Davenport University in Dearborn, Michigan. He has also attended post-graduate studies at Michigan State University. He has been a speaker at technolgy events and was guest faculty at Georgia Tech Graduate School of Business, the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Business Healthcare Information Technology Institute, University of St. Catherine’s HealthCare IT program, the CHIME CIO Boot Camp, and Minnesota and Georgia HIMSS educational events.
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