CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable electronic health record (EHR) solutions and services, today announced that Rita Schaefer has been named chief financial officer (CFO). Schaefer was previously CFO for ChartLogic, a healthcare IT solutions provider for physician practices that Medsphere merged with this past June.
Schaefer joined ChartLogic in 2000, later becoming chief financial officer, and was a key participant in an acquisition, three rounds of investment and the merger with Medsphere.
“When we began discussing the merger with ChartLogic, it was clear that Rita had brought significant financial discipline to the company when she came on board,” said Medsphere President and CEO Irv Lichtenwald. “I’m confident she will apply equally sound controls and discretion to Medsphere’s overall operations and continue our history of growing profitability and financial success.”
Schaefer’s broad understanding of healthcare finance is the product of extensive experience advising doctors and owners of medical practices. Earlier in her career, she owned a company that provided accounting and consulting services to medical practices and clinics.
“I appreciate the relationship that [ChartLogic CEO] Zubin Emsley and I have developed over the years, and the faith that Irv demonstrated by offering me the CFO position,” Schaefer said. “With recent mergers, Medsphere is now a more diverse and exciting enterprise, and I look forward to the additional success we can create.”
Medsphere develops and implements the OpenVista EHR, an enhanced solution for acute and inpatient behavioral health facilities derived from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) VistA system. Through recent mergers with Phoenix Health Systems, MBS/Net and ChartLogic, the company now also offers comprehensive physician practice management solutions and a complete range of healthcare IT consulting and outsourcing services.
About Medsphere
Founded in 2002 and based in Carlsbad, Calif., Medsphere Systems Corporation is an organization of committed clinical and technology professionals working to make quality healthcare IT solutions accessible to organizations of virtually any size, shape or budget. Medsphere’s OpenVista® is an acute and inpatient behavioral health-oriented portfolio of clinical products and services that leverages the VistA electronic health record (EHR) system developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS). Medsphere’s Government Services Division also applies that VistA expertise to development and testing projects for both VA and IHS.
Using a vendor-independent approach to helping hospitals solve critical challenges, the Phoenix Health Systems division provides a host of healthcare IT services, including systems implementation, project management, remote service desk, end-user device management, application management and IT leadership. Medsphere’s ChartLogic division enables better ambulatory care via physician practice EHR, revenue cycle management (RCM) and practice management systems and services.
Whatever your healthcare IT challenge, Medsphere has a solution.
Learn more about Medsphere at www.medsphere.com.
