Here are three notes:
1. Mr. Abel previously served as managing director of strategy and planning for Encore Health Resources, a Quintiles company based in Houston.
2. Prior to that, he was vice president of solution delivery for Overland Park, Kan.-based Netsmart as well as vice president at North Kansas City-based Cerner.
3. North Kansas City Hospital, a 451-bed facility, saw 21,000 admissions in 2015.
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