MINNEAPOLIS and SALT LAKE CITY, May 5,
2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Catalyst, a leader in
healthcare data warehousing and analytics, announced today that
Penny Wheeler, MD, the President and
Chief Executive Officer of Allina Health, has accepted an
appointment to the company's Board of Directors, and will
officially join the Board of Directors in July.
Dr. Wheeler was named CEO of Allina Health in January after
serving for nine years as the health system's Chief Clinical
Officer. Allina Health is a $3.7
billion not-for-profit organization whose more than 90
clinics, 12 hospitals and related healthcare services provide care
for nearly 1 million people across Minnesota and western Wisconsin. It was named one of the nation's
top five large hospital systems in 2015 by Truven Health Analytics,
based on balanced, superior system-wide performance in care
quality, patient satisfaction, coordination of care, cost of care
and operational efficiency.
As Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Wheeler led the design and
implementation of organization-wide clinical service lines. Through
these efforts, Allina Health has realized significant and
measurable improvements in care, service, and efficiency and this
has enabled Allina Health to expand its care to underserved
communities.
"I am thrilled to be joining the board of Health Catalyst, a
company with which I have worked closely since its founding in
2008," said Dr. Wheeler. "Allina has made significant progress with
care outcomes improvement thanks in part to our early adoption of
Health Catalyst's data warehousing platform. I look forward to
working with the company's leaders to share that experience and
know-how to help health systems across the US improve the quality
and affordability of patient care."
Health Catalyst and Allina Health recently signed a landmark
$108 million 10-year shared risk
agreement creating a national model for the use of data in
improving quality and lowering the cost of patient care.
"We are thrilled that Dr. Wheeler accepted our invitation to
join the board," said Dan Burton,
Chief Executive Officer of Health Catalyst. "She is one of the most
capable, forward thinking CEOs in healthcare today. We are
deeply honored that she has agreed to share her insights and
guidance by participating on our Board of Directors."
Fraser Bullock, the Founder and
Managing Director of Sorenson Capital and Chairman of Health
Catalyst, added, "Dr. Penny Wheeler
was one of the first healthcare executives in the nation to
recognize the need for a data-driven culture and infrastructure to
enable outcomes improvement. We look forward to benefiting from her
vision and experience as a member of Health Catalyst's board."
A board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist, Dr. Wheeler
previously served patients at Women's Health Consultants in
Minneapolis, was the president of
Abbott Northwestern Hospital's medical staff, chaired the Allina
Health Quality Committee and served on the Allina Health Board of
Directors.
In addition to her current role, Dr. Wheeler chairs the
Minnesota Community Measurement board, a regional health quality
collaborative, and is on the board of Portico Healthnet, an
organization dedicated to helping uninsured Minnesotans receive
affordable health coverage and care. She has presented nationally
on Allina Health's approach and success in quality advancement and
outcomes-based quality payment models. Her educational background
includes an undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Minnesota, and a doctorate of
medicine degree from the University of
Minnesota Medical School.
Simultaneous to Dr. Wheeler's appointment, four-year Board
Member Larry Grandia will step down from the board, effective also
as of July. Grandia is a former chief information officer of
Intermountain HealthCare and one of the most influential IT leaders
in healthcare over the last 30 years. During his Health Catalyst
service since 2011, the company has grown its bookings by
approximately one-hundred fold, and increased its team members from
10 to 320.
"Larry has contributed so deeply to Health Catalyst's growth and
success that it would be hard to overstate his positive
contributions to the company," said Burton. "Through my many
interactions with Larry over the past several years I have come to
appreciate that he is truly one of the most accomplished and
insightful healthcare technology leaders of the past few decades.
He is a national treasure, and we are fortunate that Larry
will continue as a Senior Advisor to the company, so that we can
benefit from his experience and wisdom in the months and years
ahead."
As of July, the Health Catalyst Board of Directors will include
the following members in addition to Wheeler, Bullock and Burton:
Michael Dixon and Todd Cozzens, both partners of Sequoia Capital;
Promod Haque, Senior Managing
Partner of Norwest Venture Partners; and Steve Barlow, Executive Vice President and
Co-Founder of Health Catalyst.
About Allina Health
Allina Health is dedicated to
the prevention and treatment of illness and enhancing the greater
health of individuals, families and communities throughout
Minnesota and western Wisconsin. A not-for-profit health care
system, Allina Health cares for patients from beginning to
end-of-life through its 90+ clinics, 12
hospitals, 15 pharmacies, specialty care centers and specialty
medical services that provide home care, senior
transitions, hospice care, home oxygen and medical
equipment, and emergency medical transportation services. For
more information about Allina Health, visit our website
at allinahealth.org and join us
on Facebook and Twitter.
About Health Catalyst
Health Catalyst is a
mission-driven data warehousing and analytics company that helps
healthcare organizations of all sizes perform the clinical,
financial, and operational reporting and analysis needed for
population health and accountable care. Our proven enterprise data
warehouse (EDW) and analytics platform helps improve quality, add
efficiency and lower costs in support of more than 50 million
patients for organizations ranging from the largest US health
system to forward-thinking physician practices. For more
information, visit www.healthcatalyst.com, and follow us
on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
For more information contact:
Todd Stein
Amendola Communications for Health Catalyst
916.346.4213
tstein@acmarketingpr.com
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