Keith Cox (left), who has already had a busy career in health IT -- with McKesson, Microsoft, A.D.A.M. and others -- is the new CEO for the Health Information Partnership for Tennessee (
HIP-TN).
The release is here. Here's some
interesting background on the relationship between HIP-TN and the Governor's office of E-Health Initiatives. Pending Cox's appointment, the HIP-TN has been run by staff of C3 Consulting, a Brentwood IT and business-process consulting firm. Here's
the job description offered while Cox was being recruited. The Buffkin Group was retained for the search, originally. A key resource in all this has been
Vicki Estrin.
Have you heard any TN leads/stories related to "How Internet2 Plans to Spend $62.5-Million in Stimulus Funds"?
ReplyDeletehttp://chronicle.com/article/Tech-Therapy-How-Internet2/125805/
blurb: A superfast national research network plans to hook in more hospitals, public libraries, and other "community anchors," in hopes that new types of applications—as groundbreaking as Google or Facebook—will grow there.