Executive Announcements: Digital Healthcare, TeraMedica

U.K.-based Digital Healthcare, a supplier of digital imaging software and electronic patient record systems for diabetic retinal screening programs and ophthalmology, appointed Marc Winchester as president and board director of its North American division. Winchester has full operational and management responsibility to grow the business in North America, particularly in the key areas of messaging and high-capacity imaging in chronic disease, clinical ophthalmology, and clinical trials.


TeraMedica named Eric Yablonka to the company’s Board of Directors. Yablonka is VP and CIO of the University of Chicago Hospitals and Health Systems (UCHHS). Prior to UCHHS, he served as the VP and CIO of Saint Raphael Healthcare System in New Haven, Conn., and held other positions at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and William Beaumont Hospital.

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