NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Parallon Technology Solutions announces the appointment of Dr. Charles Bell, D.O., RPh, as chief medical officer. In his new role, Dr. Bell will provide physician leadership in the development and implementation of information technology to support care delivery and data capture with particular emphasis on clinical information systems and electronic health records (EHR) in hospital and ambulatory care environments.
Prior to joining Parallon, Dr. Bell served as vice president of Advanced Clinical Applications for Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). In that role, he served as corporate physician champion for MEDITECH 6.x and Epic projects and as corporate physician lead for HCA’s Cerner facility. Earlier, Dr. Bell was chief medical information officer at Northern Arizona Healthcare and a physician informaticist at Catholic Healthcare West (now Dignity Health).
“Dr. Bell brings deep, practical solution knowledge of all three major EHR vendors’ platforms,” says Curtis Watkins, CEO of Parallon Technology Solutions. “He has demonstrated in large-scale environments how to align clinical workflow and technology to help maximize productivity, facilitate solution adoption and drive positive clinical outcomes. We are thrilled to have Dr. Bell join our leadership team and look forward to his engagement with the senior clinical leadership of our clients.”
Dr. Bell holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Rider University, a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Temple University School of Pharmacy and a doctorate from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his residency in general internal medicine at Phoenix General Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.
About Parallon Technology Solutions
Parallon Technology Solutions, LLC. (PTS) provides EHR implementations, application support, IT managed services, hosting, technical staffing and strategic IT consulting services to hospitals, outpatient facilities, accountable care organizations and large physician groups nationwide. With a team of over 400 clinical, financial and technical professionals, PTS has implemented EHR systems in more than 300 facilities. PTS offers staffing and remote support services for all major EHR acute and ambulatory platforms as well as their ancillary applications.
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