FARMINGTON, Conn. UConn Health has named its’ first Chief Medical Information Officer to their staff.
According to UConn, Dr. Dirk Stanley will join UConn Health in late May, an important addition for the implementation and long-term success of the electronic medical record implementation project. Stanley will serve both as Chief Medical Information Officer, playing an integral role for the Epic implementation and leading the Epic Physician Steering Committee, and as a hospitalist for UConn John Dempsey Hospital.
“We are pleased to have Dr. Stanley on our team given his high level of experience and success in a similar role,” said Jon Carroll, Chief Information Officer at UConn Health. “What he has accomplished, and experienced, in his eight years at Cooley Dickenson will be vital to us on our EMR journey.”
Officials state that Stanley holds a Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology from New York Medical College, completed his residency in internal medicine at Albany Medical Center, and became a Diplomate of Clinical Informatics for the American Board of Preventive Medicine in 2014.
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“I’m very excited to be joining such a talented team of leaders and clinicians in an academic environment,” said Stanley. “I’ve had several great interactions with UConn over the years, and so for me this is a great way to fulfill my mission to bring great technology to the forefront of clinical care. I come from a family with several teachers, I am very passionate about teaching and design, and I hope to bring some of that passion to this role.”
The Health Center says that the EMR implementation project is a twenty three month journey to unify UConn Health under a single, progressive and industry leading EMR tool supporting patient safety and quality of care.
Date: May 20, 2016