Smart Document Solutions names new senior VP, operations

Provider of health information management Smart Document Solutions (SDS) this week announced that Steve Roberts has joined the company as senior vice president of operations.

Roberts has over 13 years of health information technology experience with leaders in the industry. Most recently, he served as general manager, Americas Services within GE Healthcare, leading a national team of IT field and online center engineers who supported the GE Healthcare IT systems & service products. Prior to GE Healthcare, Roberts held the position of VP of operations for Allscripts Healthcare Solutions.

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