After decades of leading supplier organizations, Dr. David Feinberg entered the technical field in 2019. Now he is entering a stage that spans two worlds.
Feinberg, Vice President of Google Health, Will take over As Cerner’s president and chief executive officer, effective October 1st. He will also join the company’s board of directors.He succeeded Brent Shafer as CEO and he will Acting as a senior consultant Served the company for one year and succeeded Donald Trigg, who will leave the company as president.
Feinberg has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Since 2019, he has been leading Google’s global health efforts.
Google has been fighting head-to-head with other technology giants, trying to gain a foothold in the healthcare field.Recently, the company announced Has developed a healthcare data engine A few months after Amazon announced similar features, it helped aggregate data from medical records, claims, clinical trials, and research.
After the news of Feinberg’s departure, there were reports that Google might close its health department completely. Its units will be transferred to different departments of the company, Business Insider Report.
Before joining Google, Feinberg served as President and CEO of Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania, overseeing 13 hospital campuses and a 600,000-member health plan. There, he supported the implementation of IT tools, such as a unified data architecture system, and focused on areas such as precision medicine.
Feinberg came to Geisinger from the UCLA Health System, where he held many leadership positions.
“Throughout my career, I have been guided by the goal of improving patient health and reducing the complexity of the healthcare system,” Feinberg said at a press conference. “I am very happy to join a company with unique advantages that can provide technical solutions that enable clinicians to better care for patients while bringing better clinical, operational and financial results to organizations of all sizes.”
Feinberg takes over the EHR giant in North Kansas City, Missouri Leadership reorganization team.Not only that, the company is also in trouble in the Department of Veterans Affairs health system Suspended last month After a review that emphasized several issues.
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