Mediware appoints Mann as new CEO

Medication management software provider Mediware Information Systems appointed Thomas Kelly Mann as CEO of the company.

Mann joined the Lenexa, Kan.-based Mediware after working at 3M's healthcare information technology division for 23 years, where he held a range of management positions.

He replaced James Burgess, who resigned on July 2, 2007.

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