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Medsphere Systems Corporation Medsphere Names Walter Groszewski Vice President of Business Development
Medsphere Systems Corporation Medsphere Names Walter Groszewski Vice President of Business Development
Medsphere Names Walter Groszewski Vice President of Business Development
Thursday, 28 May 2009 03:59 | 
| Company News - Medsphere Systems Corporation |
Medsphere Systems Corporation announced the appointment of Walter Groszewski as vice president of business development.
Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open source electronic health records (EHR), today announced the appointment of Walter Groszewski as vice president of business development. In his 26 years in information management, sales and consulting, Groszewski has specialized in developing emerging healthcare and life sciences businesses. As Vice President of Business Development at Medsphere, Groszewski will secure partnerships with strategic healthcare organizations and develop new leadership for the changing Health IT landscape.
“The interest in electronic health records has never been more intense,” said Groszewski, who started in May. “With patients demanding better care, U.S. hospitals can no longer delay the adoption of electronic health records. The U.S. healthcare system could be saving $34 billion a year by using EHRs to increase efficiency and safety. I am excited to join Medsphere and continue to set the bar high for U.S. healthcare development.”
From 1984 to 2009, Groszewski worked at IBM as a certified consultant with extensive project management experience. He was responsible for growing IBM’s business in the health and human services segment within New York City. Most recently, Groszewski served as IBM’s global sales executive, successfully working with global teams and across brands to reach a provider revenue target of one billion dollars in 2008. Groszewski and his team at IBM achieved a revenue growth rate approximately three percent faster than the overall industry.
“Walter has decades of experience in healthcare and is the right person to keep our expansion on target,” said Michael J. Doyle, president and CEO of Medsphere. “Walter will make sure that U.S. hospitals and healthcare organizations have full access to technology for improving patient care. As his track record shows, Walter is a talented industry veteran who has led the healthcare industry in the direction best for patients and quality care. ”
Groszewski joins the Medsphere team at a time when the country is focusing more and more on health technology as a solution to challenges in the U.S. healthcare system. More than $19 billion in stimulus funds will be available to physicians and hospitals for health IT adoption as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Also, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) recently introduced the Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009, requiring that open source electronic health records solutions are made available to all healthcare providers at little or no cost.
About Medsphere and OpenVista
As a disruptive force in healthcare information technology, Medsphere is revolutionizing the industry by delivering commercially supported open source software based on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ proven VistA EHR. The product of 20-plus years of development and more than $8 billion invested, VistA enabled the transformation of the VA into the nation’s most efficient and clinically effective healthcare organization. Currently VistA contains roughly 2.1 billion clinical documents, 2.76 billion orders, and 1.51 billion images. As the commercialized version of VistA, Medsphere’s OpenVista is a portfolio of products and professional services for hospitals, clinics and integrated delivery networks. OpenVista is currently used by over 20,000 individuals, including 2,500 physicians and contains hundreds of thousands of medical records. Medsphere addresses healthcare’s capital constraints through an innovative business model:
Source: Medsphere Systems Corporation
Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open source electronic health records (EHR), today announced the appointment of Walter Groszewski as vice president of business development. In his 26 years in information management, sales and consulting, Groszewski has specialized in developing emerging healthcare and life sciences businesses. As Vice President of Business Development at Medsphere, Groszewski will secure partnerships with strategic healthcare organizations and develop new leadership for the changing Health IT landscape.
“The interest in electronic health records has never been more intense,” said Groszewski, who started in May. “With patients demanding better care, U.S. hospitals can no longer delay the adoption of electronic health records. The U.S. healthcare system could be saving $34 billion a year by using EHRs to increase efficiency and safety. I am excited to join Medsphere and continue to set the bar high for U.S. healthcare development.”
From 1984 to 2009, Groszewski worked at IBM as a certified consultant with extensive project management experience. He was responsible for growing IBM’s business in the health and human services segment within New York City. Most recently, Groszewski served as IBM’s global sales executive, successfully working with global teams and across brands to reach a provider revenue target of one billion dollars in 2008. Groszewski and his team at IBM achieved a revenue growth rate approximately three percent faster than the overall industry.
“Walter has decades of experience in healthcare and is the right person to keep our expansion on target,” said Michael J. Doyle, president and CEO of Medsphere. “Walter will make sure that U.S. hospitals and healthcare organizations have full access to technology for improving patient care. As his track record shows, Walter is a talented industry veteran who has led the healthcare industry in the direction best for patients and quality care. ”
Groszewski joins the Medsphere team at a time when the country is focusing more and more on health technology as a solution to challenges in the U.S. healthcare system. More than $19 billion in stimulus funds will be available to physicians and hospitals for health IT adoption as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Also, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) recently introduced the Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009, requiring that open source electronic health records solutions are made available to all healthcare providers at little or no cost.
About Medsphere and OpenVista
As a disruptive force in healthcare information technology, Medsphere is revolutionizing the industry by delivering commercially supported open source software based on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ proven VistA EHR. The product of 20-plus years of development and more than $8 billion invested, VistA enabled the transformation of the VA into the nation’s most efficient and clinically effective healthcare organization. Currently VistA contains roughly 2.1 billion clinical documents, 2.76 billion orders, and 1.51 billion images. As the commercialized version of VistA, Medsphere’s OpenVista is a portfolio of products and professional services for hospitals, clinics and integrated delivery networks. OpenVista is currently used by over 20,000 individuals, including 2,500 physicians and contains hundreds of thousands of medical records. Medsphere addresses healthcare’s capital constraints through an innovative business model:
- A unique subscription-based pricing model minimizes upfront costs.
- The Healthcare Open Source Ecosystem and Medsphere.org portal coordinate a unique grassroots community of customers/subscribers, partners and developers driving OpenVista innovation and providing a parallel development and support structure.
- Medsphere's experienced team of healthcare technology professionals and unique suite of implementation tools deliver a fluid transition to a comprehensive healthcare information technology solution.
Source: Medsphere Systems Corporation
