Steward Health Care System CIO Drexel DeFord Resigns

Boston-based Steward Health Care System CIO Drexel DeFord has left his post to join Huntsville, Texas-based Next Wave Health, an investment advisory firm and innovator in healthcare information technology, as a principal advisor, according to a Next Wave press release.  

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Anuja Vaidya

Before joining Steward, Mr. Drexel served as CIO of Seattle Children’s Hospital.

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