WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essia Health, the premier provider of electronic medical record (EMR) implementation services and specially trained medical scribes, today announced M. Bridget Duffy, MD, has joined the company’s board of directors. As a recognized leader in designing the patient experience, Dr. Duffy’s expertise will help Essia Health fulfill its vision of shaping how the adoption of new and rapidly changing information technologies can optimize the provider and patient experience.
Dr. Duffy is a health care executive with more than 20 years of experience in U.S. medical device industry, health care delivery systems and international health care organizations. She is currently chief medical officer of mobile technology company Vocera Communications, Inc., which provides integrated, intelligent communication solutions for healthcare and other mission-critical mobile environments, and is widely recognized for improving patient and customer satisfaction by developing smarter ways to communicate.
“Essia Health continues to strengthen our board of directors with individuals who bring diverse healthcare experience to the table,” said Matthew Kirchner, president and chief executive officer, Essia Health. “Dr. Duffy has a national reputation and an extensive track record transforming the patient and physician experience for healthcare delivery systems. She shares our passion for supporting physicians as they embrace new technologies. We look forward to drawing upon her 20 years of experience as we work to improve the business and practice of medicine at the point of care.”
Prior to her appointment as CMO at Vocera, Dr. Duffy co-founded and served as chief executive officer of ExperiaHealth, a company whose mission is to assist organizations in rapidly improving staff and patient loyalty through innovative technologies and solutions that restore the human connection to healthcare. ExperiaHealth, acquired by Vocera Communications, drives the company’s thought leadership and research agenda as the Experience Innovation Network, fostering partnerships to revolutionize care delivery. She also has served as chief experience officer (CXO) of the Cleveland Clinic – the first senior position of its kind in the nation – leading the institution in improving patient experience as its top strategic priority. Dr. Duffy was also an early pioneer in the creation of hospitalist medicine. She is a frequent speaker on the subject of why patient experience matters and how it impacts clinical outcomes. Dr. Duffy earned her bachelor’s and medical degrees from the University of Minnesota and completed her residency in internal medicine at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“Essia Health is poised to transform how critical information is exchanged at the point of care, increasing efficiency, improving quality, optimizing reimbursement and humanizing the overall experience for both patients and healthcare providers,” Dr. Duffy said. “I’m excited to join the company’s visionary group of leaders as it works to re-humanize and improve the sacred physician-patient encounter.”
About Essia Health
Essia Health ensures clinical teams harness the full power of EMR technologies, enabling them to deliver the highest quality care and documentation while achieving appropriate reimbursement and operational efficiency. Essia Health is the premier provider of EMR implementation services, ongoing informatics support and specially trained medical scribes.
