Rose Higgins, BSN, RN, a former nurse at Pittsburgh-based UPMC, has been named CEO of Dr.Evidence, a medical intelligence platform for life sciences companies.
Ms. Higgins started her career in nursing at UPMC before moving to serve in health IT leadership roles at HealthMyne, SCIO Health Analytics and McKesson Corp.
She takes over running the company's day-to-day operations immediately from CEO Bob Battista, according to a Jan. 10 Dr.Evidence news release.
"She has a wealth of experience in successfully scaling and positioning companies for strategic growth combined with a deep healthcare IT and clinical background." Dr.Evidence Board Chair Joseph Boystak said. "This background will ensure we capitalize on the continued exponential growth of healthcare-related data sources and the unmet market need for more evidence-based insights, empirical metrics and precise solutions to drive decision-making and resource allocation, all enabled by AI-based technology."