Gary Larson Joins eHealth Global Technologies to Oversee Continued Development of HIE and Imaging Exchange Services
CHICAGO, IL and ROCHESTER, NY, April 6, 2009 — eHealth Global Technologies announced today at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society that Gary D. Larson has joined the organization as Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, Health Information Exchange Services. The announcement follows the successful deployment of the company’s eHealthConnect Image Exchange at the Greater Rochester RHIO.
“Gary brings a wealth of knowledge and experience directing health imaging and information organizations throughout his diverse career,” says Michael Margiotta, CEO, eHealth Global. “His successful track record delivering positive business results, including market share gains, profitability growth, and customer and employee satisfaction gains make him an invaluable asset to our company. We are excited to have Gary’s expertise as we continue to broaden our image exchange services to help hospitals and health systems fill the gap between health information exchanges, electronic medical records and PACS.”
As a leader in the healthcare industry for over 20 years, Mr. Larson has a diverse executive management experience in healthcare imaging and information technologies. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President at Misys Healthcare Systems, where he presided over their Homecare Business. Prior to that he held several key executive management positions with Eastman Kodak’s Health Imaging and Healthcare IT businesses, including leading Kodak’s participation in England’s National Programme for IT Connecting for Health initiative from 2004 through 2006.
Mr. Larson began his career at 3M Medical Imaging Systems and helped the company develop its DryView Laser Imaging System product line. After 3M spun off the Imation business, he championed and presided over a new organization within Cemax-Icon, an acquired subsidiary of Imation. After a short role as Vice President, Product Commercialization, he was named President and Chief Executive Officer until Cemax-Icon was acquired by Eastman Kodak Health Imaging.
“I am excited to join the eHealth Global team and look forward to leveraging my experience in helping the United Kingdom develop a national, fully interconnected health record while at Kodak,” says Larson. “There is enormous opportunity to transform the way facilities collect, share and distribute medical images and information through the elegant, cost-effective and easy to use eHealthConnect Image Exchange.”
Mr. Larson holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University.
About eHealth Global Technologies, Inc. (eHGT)
eHGT is the leading medical record retrieval and electronic delivery service provider, currently serving over 20 percent of the nation’s top 100 hospitals. eHGT’s services eHealthConnect® Digital On-Ramp, eHealthConnect® Image Exchange, eHealthConnect® for Clinical Trials, and eHealthRetriever™ help patients, medical centers, clinical departments, communities, and clinical trials organizations improve productivity, reduce waste, and improve patient care. Each service utilizes innovative information technology to retrieve medical records and images of all formats and securely deliver them to healthcare providers or an individual’s Personal Health Record. eHGT’s world-class clinical customer account managers collect and manage patient data regardless of the source and format of the data. Please visit the web site at http://www.eHGT.com for more information.