Mr. Patel is a key driver for Hackensack Meridian Health’s digital transformation. With a keen eye towards innovation and digitization, he aims to enhance patient experience and education. His responsibilities include leading over 750 team members, setting an overarching digital strategy, incorporating AI and machine learning to advance healthcare initiatives, providing data analytics expertise to support research and clinical reporting, IT security leadership and more. Currently, Mr. Patel is leading the network in expanding its partnership with Google, aiming to become one of the first organizations in the country to optimize its existing systems for the Google Cloud platform. Prior to his work at Hackensack Meridian Health, he served as vice president and chief digital technology officer at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.
Becker's Recognition
Kash Patelhas been named a Becker's honoree on the lists below.
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