{"id":44133,"date":"2022-05-19T17:01:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T15:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/upward-health-hires-chief-information-officer\/"},"modified":"2022-05-19T17:01:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T15:01:17","slug":"upward-health-hires-chief-information-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/upward-health-hires-chief-information-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Upward Health Hires Chief Information Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/healthcarecomeshome?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#healthcarecomeshome<\/a>&#8211;Upward Health, an in-home multidisciplinary provider for high-risk patients, announced today that it has hired Scot Ward as its new Chief Information Officer. Ward is the first person to serve in this role and will oversee the company\u2019s Clinical Applications and Product Development, Data Integration and Analytics, and Infrastructure teams.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20220519005352\/en\/1460987\/5\/UpwardHealth_Logo_4C.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20220519005352\/en\/1460987\/21\/UpwardHealth_Logo_4C.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nWard\u2019s arrival at Upward Health comes at a time of significant growth for the company. The number of patients served by Upward Health has more than quadrupled in the last six months.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIt is exciting to join Upward Health at this critical juncture,\u201d said Ward. \u201cI previously held leadership positions at several high-growth companies so I know what it\u2019s like to rapidly scale an organization\u2019s capabilities. I can see that Upward Health is experiencing a similar trajectory, and I look forward to strengthening our technology platform to support our clinical services.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPrior to Upward Health, Ward served as the Senior Vice President of Analytics at CareSource, a large health plan based in Ohio with multiple product lines in several states. Before CareSource, Ward held data and analytics leadership roles at a wide range of healthcare companies including Navvis, Corizon Health, naviHealth, and Centene. Ward brings to Upward Health a deep experience building prediction models, implementing business intelligence solutions, and driving process improvement through technology innovation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWe are delighted to have someone with such a distinguished career join our leadership team,\u201d said Glen Moller, Chief Executive Officer of Upward Health. \u201cScot has a demonstrated track record of managing teams of employees and accomplishing major transformations in technology infrastructure. We are confident that Scot\u2019s vision and leadership will result in technology serving as a major part of our success in the years to come.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nABOUT UPWARD HEALTH\n<\/p>\n<p>\nUpward Health is an in-home multidisciplinary provider that partners with health plans and other risk-bearing entities to address the unique needs of the most high-risk, high-need users of the health care system today. Using a unique, in-home community-based approach to meeting a patient\u2019s needs, Upward Health facilitates and delivers care that improves outcomes and the quality of life for every patient it serves. Upward Health has a measured Net Promoter Score of 86, among the highest in the healthcare industry. To learn more, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.upwardhealth.com&amp;esheet=52724141&amp;newsitemid=20220519005352&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.upwardhealth.com&amp;index=1&amp;md5=285539181db288aa7659ddecc6df7801\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">www.upwardhealth.com<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p> <b>Contacts<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\nPress:<br \/>\n<br \/>Seth Zuckerman, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"&#109;a&#x69;l&#x74;o&#x3a;&#115;&#x7a;&#117;&#x63;&#107;e&#x72;m&#x61;n&#x40;&#117;&#x70;&#119;&#x61;&#114;&#x64;&#104;e&#x61;l&#x74;h&#x2e;&#99;&#x6f;&#109;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">sz&#117;&#99;&#107;&#x65;&#x72;&#x6d;&#x61;n&#64;&#117;&#112;&#119;&#x61;&#x72;&#x64;&#x68;ea&#108;&#116;&#104;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;#healthcarecomeshome&#8211;Upward Health, an in-home multidisciplinary provider for high-risk patients, announced today that it has hired Scot Ward as its new Chief Information Officer. 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