Valley Health Welcomes New Chief Medical Information Officer

On Jun 24, 2024

Valley Health System has appointment K. Nadeem Ahmed, MD, to the position of chief medical Information officer (CMIO) for Valley Health System.

Dr. Ahmed has more than 20 years of experience with healthcare systems across the United States and internationally. He most recently served as the Global CMIO for The Aga Khan University and its international network of hospitals in East Africa and Asia. There, Dr. Ahmed established the university’s first multinational health informatics department, working directly with leadership in the planning, implementation, and optimization of all technology systems to support the delivery of high-quality patient care, medical education, and research.

He has served more than two dozen healthcare systems as a physician executive consultant to develop effective multidisciplinary governance strategies for successful deployment of electronic health record systems. Before that, Dr. Ahmed had co-founded a successful internal medicine hospitalist group at an affiliate hospital with the University of Virginia Health System and led their clinical transformation to a fully electronic system. Of note, prior to medical school, Dr. Ahmed worked as a senior information technology (IT) Analyst at US Airways, where he developed electronic databases and coordinated service-level agreements with global IT service providers.

“Valley Health System is one of the most technologically savvy healthcare organizations in the world, in my opinion,” said Dr. Ahmed. “The new hospital facility is a great example of the forward-thinking approach that Valley has adopted and I am very excited to be part of such an innovative healthcare system. I look forward to working with all of our clinical and administrative leaders to continue advancing care for our patients with effective deployment and optimal use of healthcare technology.”

Dr. Ahmed received his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine and completed residency in internal medicine at Lehigh Valley Hospital, affiliated with Penn State College of Medicine, in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

To access more business news, visit NJB News Now.

Related Articles: