New Position Supports Organization and Solutions Serving Healthcare Providers
TriZetto Names Dr. Jeffrey Rose as Chief Medical Information Officer
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, has named Jeffrey Rose, M.D., chief medical information officer of its physician markets business unit, a new position that will help TriZetto serve its growing provider client base and support the company’s innovative solutions. Dr. Rose will help enhance the organizations’ product offerings based on his in-depth knowledge of health information technology and clinician needs.
“TriZetto is focused on working with our clients to drive lower costs, better outcomes and better patient care,” said Chris Hunter, TriZetto’s senior vice president and physician markets president. “Dr. Rose’s longstanding leadership in advancing health information technology and industry collaboration brings us unique insights that will help us advance solutions that serve all healthcare constituents.”
“As TriZetto takes a leading role in enabling providers to deliver high-quality, cost-effective care, Dr. Rose’s expertise and will be a huge differentiator for TriZetto,” said Jeff Rideout, M.D., senior vice president and chief medical officer at TriZetto. “Providers and payers expect and demand the experience and credibility Dr. Rose brings to TriZetto and its solution set.”
Prior to joining TriZetto, Dr. Rose served as vice president of clinical excellence and informatics at Ascension Health, the nation's largest nonprofit health system. In this role, he focused on knowledge management and health information technology for the system, ranging from electronic health records deployment and health information exchange initiatives to enterprise resource planning and clinical data analytics. In addition, he launched the collaborative creation of provider-focused clinical content across multiple care-delivery systems to improve care quality and appropriately narrow practice variation through shared best practices.
He also served as chief medical officer at Cerner Corporation and Health Language, Inc. and authored the book “Medicine and the Information Age,” which addressed critical issues in medical practice relative to information technology. For the past two years, magazine has named Dr. Rose one of the top 25 clinical informaticists in the United States for his excellence in using patient care data to improve both the clinical and financial performance of healthcare organizations.
TriZetto provides world-class information technology and service solutions that help payers and providers work more efficiently and to deliver better health. TriZetto solutions touch over half the U.S. insured population and reach more than 180,000 care providers. TriZetto helps healthcare organizations ; ; and compete to win in an emerging retail market. Payer solutions include , , and portal platforms, as well as , and . Provider solutions include real-time eligibility assurance, claims editing, that help providers get paid quickly and accurately. For more information, visit .