Health Catalyst appoints new CMIO, VP of patient safety products: 5 points

Salt Lake City-based Health Catalyst, a provider of healthcare data analytics, decision support and outcomes improvement, named Carolyn Wong Simpkins MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer and Stanley Pestotnik vice president of patient safety products.

Here are five points:

1. Dr. Simpkins most recently served as North American clinical director and global lead for patient-centered outcomes at the British Medical Journal.

2. Dr. Simpkins is also the founding medical director for the Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic, a health clinic for the underinsured on Johns Island, S.C.

3. Dr. Simpkins will lead medical content development for Health Catalyst's products in her new role.

4. Mr. Pestotnik, a clinical pharmacist and medical informaticist, is the founding CEO of Salt Lake City-based TheraDoc, a health care informatics company.

5. Mr. Pestotnik holds four patents in the clinical decision support and electronic surveillance fields.

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