What Happened?
Philadelphia, PA-based Independence Blue Cross has Appointed Somesh Nigam as Chief Informatics Officer
About the Company
Proudly celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2013, Independence Blue Cross is the leading health insurer in southeastern Pennsylvania. With our affiliates, we have 3.1 million members nationwide. We are enhancing the health and wellness of the people and communities we serve by delivering innovative and competitively priced health care products and services; pioneering new ways to reward doctors, hospitals, and other health care professionals for coordinated, quality care; and supporting programs and events that promote wellness.
About the Person
Somesh Nigam joined Independence as senior vice president and chief informatics officer. Previously, he was president of health care informatics, scientific and clinical affairs at Johnson & Johnson. Nigam was also Vice President of Healthcare Informatics in Evidence Based Medicine group within Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MD&D) sector. He has over 20 years of experience in driving Business/R&D innovation in Pharma, Biotech and Medical Device industry. In his previous role, Mr Nigam lead implementation of a number of global IT solutions including, Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS), Electronic Data Capture (EDC), Trials Registry and Enterprise Data warehouse. Prior to his tenure at JNJ, he founded Vinimaya (an eBusiness startup). He raised venture financing, hired management team, set up global operations and launched the business from ground up. After completing his undergraduate in engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, he went on to complete his PhD in Biochemical Engineering from University of Michigan.
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