The largest health system in the U.S. has a new chief information officer, as HCA Healthcare has introduced three-decade company veteran Chad Wasserman as its new senior VP and CIO.
Wasserman assumed his new role at the start of the month, succeeding P. Martin “Marty” Paslick, who retires after a 38-year run with the organization. Previously the senior VP and COO of HCA’s IT Group, Wasserman will now lead the full team of over 6,700 IT staff in providing the organization’s infrastructure, cloud services, automation, data engineering, software development and clinical technology initiatives.
"Throughout his career, Chad has demonstrated a strong ability to drive technology solutions across a wide range of business areas,” says Sam Hazen, CEO of HCA Healthcare, in an announcement.
Under retiring CIO Paslick, HCA developed one of the largest iOS platforms in the country and launched a partnership with Google Cloud.
IT security continues to be a growing concern in healthcare, as evidenced by HCA’s own brush with hacked data last year.
“Marty’s service to HCA Healthcare has been revolutionary for the company and has set the course for our technology agenda,” Hazen remarks.
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