NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., November 13, 2015 — Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian today announced Patrick Anderson as senior vice president and chief information officer. In his new role, Anderson will lead the optimization of the IT department/services, and of Hoag’s clinical and business systems.
Anderson joins Hoag having served most recently as the senior vice president and chief information officer at Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, where he was instrumental in the growth and innovation of the health system through population management strategy, telemedicine system development and deployment of clinical and business systems across a network of 25 hospitals. With more than 25 years of leadership experience in health care, Anderson is recognized for his strategic planning, innovation, optimization, business transformation, compliance, and operations.
“We are pleased to welcome Patrick Anderson to Hoag and to add his extensive IT leadership experience to our team,” said Robert T. Braithwaite, Hoag president and chief executive officer. “He will help ensure that Hoag continues to deliver the highest quality patient care through the leadership of systems, staff, and through the adoption of advanced technology.”
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Hoag is an approximately $1 billion nonprofit, regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California, that treats more than 25,000 inpatients and 369,000 outpatients annually. Hoag consists of two acute-care hospitals – Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which opened in 1952, and Hoag Hospital Irvine, which opened in 2010 – in addition to six health centers and eight urgent care centers. Hoag is a designated Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services that includes five institutes providing specialized services in the following areas: cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women’s health, and orthopedics through Hoag’s affiliate, Hoag Orthopedic Institute, which consists of an orthopedic hospital and two ambulatory surgical centers. In 2013, Hoag entered into an alliance with St. Joseph Health to further expand health care services in the Orange County community, known as St. Joseph Hoag Health. Hoag has been named one of the Best Regional Hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report Metro Edition. National Research Corporation has endorsed Hoag as Orange County’s most preferred hospital for the past 20 consecutive years and, for an unprecedented 20 years, residents of Orange County have chosen Hoag as one of the county’s best hospitals in a local newspaper survey. Visit www.hoag.org for more information.
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