VANCOUVER – Pacific Blue Cross is pleased to announce the appointment of Barry Rivelis (pictured) to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) effective May 4, 2015.
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KELOWNA, BC – QHR Corp. announced that Al Hildebrandt (pictured) will be retiring as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. He will continue to serve in the role of CEO of the company through a services arrangement until a successor is appointed or until the company’s next Annual General Meeting.
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MONTREAL – Former McGill University Health Centre director Arthur Porter (pictured) is being extradited to Canada to face the corruption charges against him, according to news reports. La Presse is reporting that Panama has agreed to Porter’s extradition, where he has been in jail since his arrest in May 2013.
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SURREY, B.C. – Former mayor Dianne Watts (pictured) has been named CEO of a new foundation for Surrey’s Innovation Boulevard. The Health Tech Innovation Foundation will oversee the Innovation Hub, located across from Surrey Memorial Hospital. The Innovation Hub is slated to open in April.
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TORONTO – Alice Keung (pictured), a top eHealth Ontario executive who was criticized for taking taxpayer-funded PhD courses, is departing with $252,000 in severance pay, according to an article in the Toronto Star.
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TORONTO – Don Newsham (pictured), CEO of COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association, announced that he will be stepping down from his position at the end of May, after nine years at the helm of the organization.
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WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Regional Health Authority President and Chief Executive Officer Arlene Wilgosh (pictured) has informed the Board of Directors of her decision to retire effective March 22, 2015. Ms. Wilgosh’s retirement will bring to a close a lifetime commitment to healthcare ranging from frontline care to senior administrative roles at both the regional and provincial levels.
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TORONTO – Laurie Poole (pictured), Vice-President of Telemedicine Solutions at the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN), has been named one of this year’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). Poole leads the implementation of Telehomecare, an initiative that delivers healthcare in the homes of people living with chronic disease.
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TORONTO – Cynthia Morton (pictured), the new Chief Executive Officer of eHealth Ontario, has been acquainting herself with the expectations of stakeholders by meeting with partners. Hired in September, 2014, Ms. Morton is responsible for implementing an electronic health record system for the province of Ontario.
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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – David Diamond (pictured), a healthcare executive who got his start at St. Clare’s hospital in St. John’s, has been picked to run Eastern Health, Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest health authority.
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