KLAS adds five IT execs to advisory board

KLAS has added five new members to its advisory board, which provides ongoing governance and strategic guidance to the Orem, Utah-based healthcare research company.

KLAS' new Advisory Board members are:
  • Alastair MacGregor, MD, senior vice president and CMIO at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn.;
  • Edward Marx, senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO) at Texas Health Resources in Arlington, Texas;
  • Kara Marx, CIO at Methodist Hospital of Southern California in Arcadia, Calif.;
  • Dan Morgan, chief operating officer of Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Fla.; and
  • Noel Williams, senior vice president and CIO for Hospital Corporation of America in Nashville, Tenn.

Each KLAS board member serves a three-year term, which began in September. These new members join KLAS' seven current board members.   

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