Telemedicine provider Teladoc has appointed Kenneth H. Paulus to its board of directors, where he will serve on two committees: Nominating & Corporate Governance and Quality & Safety. Paulus has held leadership positions at a number of large health organizations and served as CEO for borth Allina Health and Atrius Health System. He also worked as the chief operating officer at Partners Community HealthCare, and he is currently an executive advisor at Water Street Healthcare partners.
"Ken is widely recognized as an outstanding leader in the provider market," Teladoc President and CEO Jason Gorevic said in a statement. "As Ken joins Teladoc on our mission to transform access to care, we look forward to his strategic insights that will enable us to further advance our footprint in hospitals and health systems across the US.”
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Fitbit has had a few changes to their leadership change with the promotion and hiring of some executives and departure of others, and also outlined some strategies as the company formally aligns around two key areas of focus: Consumer Health and Fitness, and Enterprise Health.
“2017 is a transition year and while we continue to lead the connected health and fitness market, we must take important steps to chart our return to profitability and growth. It is essential that we are organized properly so that we can successfully execute our strategy,” Fitbit CEO James Park said in a statement. “My confidence in our future is as strong as ever and I believe the steps we are taking will contribute to our long-term success.”
Samir Kapoor, who has served as Fitbit’s vice president of engineering, will now be senior vice president of device engineering. Kapoor has considerable experience in engineering management and most recently spent ten years at Qualcomm. In this new role at Fitbit, Kapoor will be responsible for accelerating the company’s product development process by streamlining integration between firmware, hardware and advanced R&D. Fitbit also hired Jeff Devine as executive vice president of operations. Devine, who has over 25 years of operating experience including stints at Cisco, Nokia and Hewlett-Packard, will be responsible for operations, customer service and overall quality.
At the same time, the company is saying goodbye to two of its first employees: Woody Scal, who served as chief business officer for Fitbit, and Tim Roberts, who was executive vice president of Fitbit’s interactive division.
“Over the past six years, Woody was instrumental in creating a world-class health and fitness brand and pioneering its entry into digital health. He led the growth of our business from $5 million to over $2 billion in revenue with over 60 million devices sold via 55,000 storefronts in 64 countries,” Fitbit CEO James Park said in a statement. “During that same period, Tim played a key role in creating one of the world’s largest health and fitness social networks and an interactive experience that tens of millions of Fitbit users around the world love.”
Fitbit's Consumer focus will center on delivering new health and fitness devices and entering new markets, like smartwatches and premium software capable of delivering more sophisticated insights. Enterprise will focus on expanding Fitbit’s relationships with payers, employers, health systems and other healthcare partners.
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Employee benefits platform provider Collective Health hired Kenneth Hahn as chief financial officer and added Laszlo Bock, former senior vice president of people operations at Google, to its advisory board. Hahn has served as chief financial officer for three public companies (two of which he led to IPOs), and most recently served as chief financial officer at Icontrol Networks.
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Health Navigator, which offers digital diagnostic and triage-support products, has named Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz as its new president, moving him home from his previous role as Health Navigator’s chief clinical officer. Schwartz is an ER physician and is also chief medical officer for Schumacher Clinical Partners. The company has also brought on eight new members to their Medical Review Board, which will offer ongoing, clinical input on all of Health Navigator’s platform including clinical vocabularies, symptom evaluation and decision-making analytics.
The Medical Review Board's new members are: Dr. Kevin Connelly, Dr. Richard DiSanto, Jeanine Feirer, RN, Dr. Jason Gutting, Dr. Theodora Rusinak, Dr. Meeta Shah, Dr. David Thompson (who also serves as CEO and chief medical officer of Health Navigator) and Dr. Victoria Weston. “Given the growing role that telehealth and e-Health technologies play in the way patients experience health care, it is critical to have a strong board of medical professionals to provide objective input on the Health Navigator platform,” Thompson said in a statement. “Our board members are active clinically, with real-world experience in acute care and emergency medicine across the pediatric and adult age spectrum. Their ongoing input is an important part of Health Navigator’s continuous quality improvement and content development.”
