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Lifepoint Health Appoints Jennifer Alderfer Western Division President

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Lifepoint Health® , a diversified healthcare delivery network dedicated to making communities healthier®, has named Jennifer Alderfer, MBA, MHA, FACHE, its Western Division president, effective October 30.

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  • Lifepoint Health® , a diversified healthcare delivery network dedicated to making communities healthier®, has named Jennifer Alderfer, MBA, MHA, FACHE, its Western Division president, effective October 30.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230920451999/en/
    Jennifer Alderfer, MBA, MHA, FACHE, is joining Lifepoint Health as its Western Division president, effective October 30.
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    “Jen is a great addition to Lifepoint’s Western Division,” said Jason Zachariah, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Lifepoint Health.
  • She will soon relocate to Denver, Colorado, which will be a convenient hub for supporting Lifepoint’s Western Division facilities.

Intermountain Health Expands Relationship with Kyruus to Create Foundation for Rebranded Digital Experience

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

This engagement builds on Kyruus’ existing relationship with legacy SCL Health, a customer since 2020.

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  • This engagement builds on Kyruus’ existing relationship with legacy SCL Health, a customer since 2020.
  • Through its merger with SCL Health, Intermountain Health’s leadership saw firsthand the impact of the Kyruus ProviderMatch® platform on both operational efficiencies and digital patient experience.
  • Driven by a desire to significantly improve the online journey to care, legacy SCL Health tapped Kyruus to overhaul their provider directory and replace their existing online scheduling solution with impressive results.
  • “It’s an honor to partner with a health system that is truly dedicated to making the healthcare experience better.

Centura Health Names Thomas Donohoe Senior Vice President and General Counsel

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Monday, January 9, 2023

CENTENNIAL, COLO., Jan. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centura Health, the Colorado and southwest Kansas region’s health care leader, announced that Thomas Donohoe will join Centura Health as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, effective Jan. 30, 2023.

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  • CENTENNIAL, COLO., Jan. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centura Health, the Colorado and southwest Kansas region’s health care leader, announced that Thomas Donohoe will join Centura Health as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, effective Jan. 30, 2023.
  • Known for his problem-solving and team-oriented approach, Donohoe has nearly two decades of experience in health law, primarily representing and working for hospitals and health systems.
  • Donohoe joined SCL Health, now Intermountain, in 2018 and served as the lead internal counsel for the merger between the two systems in April 2022.
  • Donohoe graduated from Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law, where he received a concentration and honors in Health Law, and he earned his bachelor’s from Brigham Young University.

CipherHealth Partners with SADA to Integrate Socioeconomic Data into its Platform with Google Cloud

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CipherHealth, a leader in patient engagement technology and communications solutions, announced it has engaged SADA, a leading business and technology consultancy and award-winning Google Cloud Partner, to deploy Google Cloud's Looker to collect socioeconomic data to improve patient care. With this new capability, CipherHealth further empowers healthcare leaders to collect and digest massive amounts of data, supporting patients and doctors at every stage of the care journey.

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  • CipherHealth previously had platform capabilities that provided healthcare providers with robust conversational and clinical data for each patient.
  • They partnered with SADA, with expertise in deploying and configuring Google Cloud's analytics platform Looker to enable Self-Service Analytics within the platform, furthering those capabilities.
  • Leveraging Google Cloud Looker, the CipherHealth platform now enables access to data points, including race and ethnicity, gender, language, and age.
  • SADA offers a wide range of services, including enterprise consulting, cloud platform migration, custom application development, workplace transformation, cloud-managed services and change management.

LeanTaaS Announces December Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit in Partnership with Becker’s Healthcare

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Hosted in partnership with Beckers Healthcare , the fourth Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit will take place Dec. 6-7, 2022 with a thematic focus on achieving ROI through AI to unlock scarce capacity.

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  • Hosted in partnership with Beckers Healthcare , the fourth Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit will take place Dec. 6-7, 2022 with a thematic focus on achieving ROI through AI to unlock scarce capacity.
  • The virtual Transform Summit comes on the heels of a financially challenging year for hospitals and health systems across the U.S.
  • For up-to-date information on the latest Transform activity, follow LeanTaaS on Twitter and like us on LinkedIn and Facebook for ongoing conference updates.
  • Official event hashtags include #LeanTaaSTransform
    LeanTaaS provides software solutions that combine lean principles, predictive and prescriptive analytics, and machine learning to transform hospital and infusion center operations.

Damo Consulting Announces the Winners of the 2022 Digital Maturity Momentum Awards

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Damo Consulting, a leading digital transformation advisory firm for healthcare, announced its inaugural DigiMTM Digital Maturity Momentum Awards program winners. Geisinger Health, Providence Health, and Northwell Health were named industry leaders for overall maturity and momentum in digital transformation among health systems.

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  • Damo Consulting, a leading digital transformation advisory firm for healthcare, announced its inaugural DigiMTM Digital Maturity Momentum Awards program winners.
  • CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Damo Consulting , a leading digital transformation advisory firm for healthcare, announced its inaugural DigiMTM Digital Maturity Momentum Awards program winners.
  • The Digital Maturity Momentum Awards are based on Damo's DigiMTM 4-stage maturity framework that is used extensively by health systems looking to assess their maturity and benchmark themselves against peers.
  • "We are pleased to be recognized in the Damo Digital Maturity Momentum Awards program.

Luna Unveils Program for Orthopaedic Practices to Reduce Post-Acute Care Costs by 55-70%

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

ORANGE, Calif. and ROCKLIN, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Luna , the leading in-home physical therapy (PT) platform, today announces the launch of a value-based savings program for orthopaedic practices to reduce post-acute care costs by 55-70%.

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  • ORANGE, Calif. and ROCKLIN, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Luna , the leading in-home physical therapy (PT) platform, today announces the launch of a value-based savings program for orthopaedic practices to reduce post-acute care costs by 55-70%.
  • Top orthopaedic groups are turning to Luna to reduce costs and deliver this innovative, in-person form of care, including Hoag (Orange County),Resurgens Orthopaedics (Atlanta), and dozens of others.
  • "These significant savings demonstrate why Luna is the future of healthcare," said Mike West, former CEO of Rothman Orthopaedic Institute.
  • With Luna, surgeons and orthopedic groups can ensure that patients receive the highest quality care and make meaningful progress."

Cincinnati Children's Names Rosland Fisher McLeod Chief Legal Officer

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Monday, August 8, 2022

CINCINNATI, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosland Fisher McLeod will join Cincinnati Children's as Senior Vice President, Legal and Public Affairs and Chief Legal Officer on September 6, 2022.

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  • Texas native will begin on September 6, 2022
    CINCINNATI, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosland Fisher McLeod will join Cincinnati Children's as Senior Vice President, Legal and Public Affairs and Chief Legal Officer on September 6, 2022.
  • As the senior executive for all legal and public affairs at Cincinnati Children's, McLeod will serve as legal advisor to the Executive Team and Board of Trustees.
  • "I am excited to add Rosland to our team," said Steve Davis, MD, President & CEO of Cincinnati Children's.
  • Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for SCL Health in Denver, Colorado.

PMB & SCL Health Medical Group Break Ground on a 63,000 SF Medical Office Building in Billings, Mont.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

BILLINGS, Mont., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PMB along with SCL Health Medical Group, now Intermountain Healthcare, will officially kick off construction of a new two-story 63,000 square foot medical building on the West End at a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, July 25, 2022. The development's new 24,000 square foot clinic space located at 602 Henry Chapple St., Billings, MT 59102 will offer a new primary care, retail pharmacy and walk-in clinic that will provide expanded healthcare services to an area of Billings that is experiencing significant growth.

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  • BILLINGS, Mont., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PMB along with SCL Health Medical Group, now Intermountain Healthcare, will officially kick off construction of a new two-story 63,000 square foot medical building on the West End at a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, July 25, 2022.
  • "Our mission is to bring primary and specialty care to Montanans when and where they need it," said Lee Syphus, Vice President of SCL Health Medical Group in Montana.
  • "That's why we're growing our Medical Group practice across the state, and we're excited to provide this growing community with easier access to care."
  • Within that system, SCL Medical Group comprises more than 830 providers and 160 primary and specialty care clinics in Colorado, Montana and Northern Wyoming.

Luna Teams Up with UCI Health to Expand Access to Care with In-Home Outpatient Physical Therapy

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

ORANGE, Calif. and ROCKLIN, Calif., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Luna , the leading provider of in-home physical therapy, has teamed up with UCI Health , to expand access to patient care by providing in-homephysical therapy across Orange County, California.

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  • ORANGE, Calif. and ROCKLIN, Calif., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Luna , the leading provider of in-home physical therapy, has teamed up with UCI Health , to expand access to patient care by providing in-homephysical therapy across Orange County, California.
  • With a focus on evidence-based care, UCI Health is the only academic health system in Orange County and the clinical arm of the University of California, Irvine.
  • Through the collaboration, UCI Health will leverage Luna's platform to coordinate and deliver in-home physical therapy to patients.
  • Luna offers in-home physical therapy through its licensed therapists (more than 4,000 in 2022).