Healthcare IT Leaders Join KLAS Advisory Board

    OREM, UT, September 08, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Healthcare research firm KLAS today announced the addition of five new members to the company's Advisory Board, which provides ongoing governance and strategic guidance to KLAS.

The new board members are:
- Dr. Alastair MacGregor, senior vice president and chief medical information officer for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tennessee
- Edward Marx, senior vice president and chief information officer for Texas Health Resources in Arlington, Texas
- Kara Marx, chief information officer for Methodist Hospital of Southern California in Arcadia, California
- Dan Morgan, chief operating officer for Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Florida
- Noel Williams, senior vice president and chief information officer for Hospital Corporation of America in Nashville, Tennessee

Each of these KLAS Advisory Board members will serve a three-year term, beginning September 2010, and will join seven existing members in drawing upon their healthcare experience and expertise to assist KLAS in fulfilling its mission of helping healthcare providers make informed technology choices.

"We're delighted with the addition of such distinguished and talented industry professionals to the KLAS Advisory Board and look forward to benefitting from their wealth of knowledge," said KLAS President Adam Gale. "The reason KLAS exists is to aid healthcare providers by measuring the performance of technology vendors, and nothing is more significant in that endeavor than the candid feedback and guidance of our Advisory Board."

To see a listing of current KLAS Advisory Board members, visit www.klasresearch.com/Klas/Site/About/AdvisoryBoard.aspx.

KLAS is a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors. KLAS' mission is to improve delivery, by independently measuring vendor performance for the benefit of our healthcare provider partners, consultants, investors and vendors. Working together with executives from more than 4,500 hospitals and over 2,500 clinics, KLAS delivers timely reports, trends and statistics, which provide a solid overview of vendor performance in the industry. KLAS measures the performance of software, professional services and medical equipment vendors. For more information, go to www.KLASresearch.com, email [email protected] or call 1-800-920-4109 to speak with a KLAS representative.

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