Providence names chief medical information officer

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By: Naomi Diaz

J. Scott Smitherman, MD, has been promoted to vice president and chief medical information officer of Renton, Wash.-based Providence.

J. Scott Smitherman, MD, made the announcement via LinkedIn on June 29.

“Today, I officially begin as VP, Chief Medical Information Officer for Providence,” he wrote. “This has been my dream job since I found out CMIOs existed.”

Prior to this, Dr. Smitherman served as interim chief medical information officer at Providence.

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