PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quil, the company on a mission to help consumers organize and navigate their health lives in partnership with their providers, health plans and loved ones, today announced that Dwight Raum has been appointed as the company’s Chief Digital Officer. Raum brings decades of healthcare and technology transformation experience to the Quil leadership team and in his capacity as Chief Digital Officer will focus on accelerating the scalability and growth of the company’s digital care engagement and connected home platforms.
“I’m thrilled that Dwight is joining our team. Over the past 20 years he has led the digital transformation of one of the most prestigious health systems in the world. His unique expertise in leading technology adoption and transformation across health systems, health plans, patients and their families, will accelerate our continued growth” said Carina Edwards, Quil CEO. “We’ve proven that inspiring, personal, and empowering experiences lead to better outcomes, and we know that Dwight will bring new, innovative approaches to ensure our platforms support the unique, complex challenges of health systems and health consumers through our next stage of growth.”
Raum joins Quil after spending 20 years at Johns Hopkins Medicine, most recently serving as both Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer, in addition to being Co-Director for Johns Hopkins Precision Medicine Digital Strategy. Raum also Co-founded and served as the Executive Director of the Technology Innovation Center at Johns Hopkins Medicine, which builds and deploys innovative clinical information systems across the institution. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Raum led the team responsible for designing new digital health and screening tools for Johns Hopkins Medicine.
“Quil offers the critical technology solutions that are elevating digital health and patient engagement in unprecedented ways,” said Raum. “I am excited to join Quil and bring my experience to a company that is changing the digital health market. The importance of reliable digital health tools that are trusted by patients and doctors is a critical component to each patient and caregiver journey and is growing in importance every day. It is an honor to join Quil to meet that challenge.”
Raum earned his B.S. in Management Science with a specialty in Production Operations Management from Virginia Tech.
About Quil
Quil, the joint venture between Independence Health Group (Independence) and Comcast, is the digital health engagement platform that offers personalized and interactive health journeys to consumers and their caregivers. Quil is committed to educating and engaging consumers and their caregivers about their health as we believe it results in better outcomes at a lower cost. Quil serves patients, members, and their caregivers and is partnered with healthcare providers and health plans nationally. We are headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. Connect with Quil now. Follow Quil on Twitter and on LinkedIn.
