Healthcare Consulting Firm, The HCI Group, Appoints John McDaniel to VP Innovation and Technology
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The HCI Group (HCI), a healthcare IT consulting company, today announced the appointment of John McDaniel to Vice President of Innovation and Technology Solutions, managing the CXO Innovation and Technology Solutions Group for HCI.
John McDaniel has more than 35 years of experience as a healthcare CIO, consulting services executive and as an executive with large healthcare solution companies. Prior to joining HCI, John worked as a National Practice Leader – US Healthcare for a large data storage and software organization. John was responsible for cultivating C-level executive relationships, understanding emerging requirements and collaborating with development teams to ensure solutions that met market-driven operational, scalability and cost efficiency requirements.
As a CIO, John worked with St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center, McLaren Health Care Corporation and The Emory Clinic where he also served as Director of Medical Informatics for the Emory Healthcare System. John served as a member of the Board of Directors for NYC-based HIE: NYCLIX. As a consulting services executive he worked with Dell Services, Deloitte Consulting and EMR Transitions. Serving the clinical applications space, John has worked with Siemens as Project Director and was SVP at McKesson.
“HCI is passionate about making a difference in the healthcare industry and doing the right thing for its’ clients. The opportunity to be a part of a growing organization where my passion and vision can be shared along with HCI’s mission and values is what led me to my decision to join the HCI Group.”
-John McDaniel, VP, Innovation & Technology Solutions
Additionally John worked closely with Cerner where he led the partnership to develop the first multi-hospital CDR. John is very familiar with Healthcare Analytics, EMR and Medical Imaging applications and infrastructure requirements. While at McLaren his team was the first healthcare organization to take medical records paperless in a multi-hospital system. He is a frequent speaker at National and Regional healthcare conferences.
“John brings a wealth of industry knowledge and expertise to the HCI team. We are excited to have John on-board and look forward to the innovative solutions that John can provide our clients.”
-Ricky Caplin, CEO, The HCI Group
About the HCI Group
The HCI Group is a global health IT company with headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla. and international headquarters in the United Kingdom. It offers a broad scope of IT solutions across the U.S., U.K., Middle East and Australia, helping hospitals plan, implement and sustain enterprise information technology systems over the long term. Its services include enterprise IT system implementation and training, and specialty service lines in optimization, clinical adoption, integration and testing, go-live and advisory services. The HCI Group’s clients include Johns Hopkins, Tenet Healthcare and UMC Health System (Texas Tech) in the U.S., as well as health systems in the United Kingdom and the Middle East.
Learn more about the HCI Group by visiting http://thehcigroup.com/.
