Carpathia Announces Healthcare Advisory Board to Guide Healthcare Compliance Innovation

DULLES, Va., Feb. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Carpathia, a trusted cloud operator and leading provider of hybrid cloud services and managed hosting, today announced its Healthcare Advisory Board, a group of leading physicians, industry executives, and policy experts focused on helping Carpathia customers navigate their most challenging compliance, security, and privacy requirements. Carpathia's Healthcare Advisory Board will be integral to the continued evolution of Carpathia's HIPAA-compliant cloud computing solutions, while providing regular customer guidance on regulatory health IT trends and best practices.

"Healthcare organizations manage some of the most sensitive data in the world, and moving to the cloud cannot come at the expense of compliance, security, or privacy," said Peter Weber, Chief Executive Officer, Carpathia. "Our partnership with this world-class group of health experts ensures that we are continuing to innovate with the unique needs of our healthcare customers in mind, so they can confidently take advantage of emerging technologies to deliver better patient outcomes."

As Carpathia continues to build secure community and private cloud environments, and as the healthcare industry continues to be a rapidly evolving space, protecting the pipeline of patient information is critical to healthcare providers and their patients. The Carpathia Healthcare Advisory Board has an average of 41 years of experience in the healthcare space and will soon be releasing the "must haves" for healthcare entities that are considering the utilization of community and private clouds.

Founding members of the Carpathia Healthcare Advisory Board include:

Edgar D. Staren, M.D., Ph.D., MBA.   
As one of the leading cancer experts in the U.S., Dr. Staren has been regularly listed in "America's Top Doctors", "Best Doctor's in America", "America's Top Surgeons", and "America's Top Doctors for Cancer". Most recently, he was President and CEO for Cancer Treatment Centers of America Medicine and Sciences and Western Regional Medical Center, and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Hospital Administration, American Journal of Surgery, the American Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Current Cancer Therapy Reviews. Currently, Dr. Staren serves as CEO of Ashion Advanced Individual Medicine, a commercial outgrowth of TGen Health Ventures.

David Lorber, M.D.
Dr. Lorber was most recently Vice President of Clinical Affairs for Walgreens Co., where his team focused on providing clinical expertise in disease states and evolving medical areas for the needs of Walgreens' customers to address high cost conditions in growing populations, and support improvement of clinical and financial outcomes. In his previous role at CVS Caremark, Dr. Lorber served as Vice President of Medical Affairs, where he was responsible for the development and implementation of formulary and clinical programs for their Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDP) that grew from no enrollees in 2005 to over 1.5 million enrollees in 2010. Dr. Lorber also currently consults in the healthcare space nationally.

Marc Lieb, M.D., J.D.
Dr. Marc Leib practiced medicine for more than 20 years as an anesthesiologist, and served as President of both the Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists (AzSA) and the Arizona Medical Association (ArMA). Most recently he served as the Chief Medical Officer of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Arizona's Medicaid Program, where he was responsible for determining the clinical policies governing the care provided to more than 1.5 million Arizona residents. Currently he serves as Chairman of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, committee of economics.

Edward H. Shortliffe, M.D, Ph.D.
Dr. Shortliffe is Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice Provost for the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University. He also holds academic positions as Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and as Adjunct Professor of Health Policy and Research (Health Informatics) at Weill Cornell Medical College. Previously he was President and CEO of the American Medical Informatics Association and was founding dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. 

William Yasnoff, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Yasnoff is a well-known national leader and consultant in health informatics, and serves as CEO of the non-profit Health Record Banking Alliance, which promotes community repositories of electronic health information under consumer control. Previously, as Senior Advisor, National Health Information Infrastructure, at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, he initiated and organized activities leading to the President's creation of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, establishing the NHII as a widely-recognized national goal. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Biomedical Informatics and Adjunct Professor of Health Sciences Informatics at Johns Hopkins.

About Carpathia
Carpathia is a trusted cloud operator and leading provider of hybrid cloud services and managed hosting, providing secure, reliable and compliant IT infrastructure and management for some of the world's most demanding enterprises and federal agencies. Carpathia's cloud platform delivers solutions for every stage of the cloud journey, empowering organizations to meet their unique security and compliance requirements. Carpathia's experienced customer care team and innovative data center facilities provide 24x7 global support to ensure optimum performance and reliability. Backed by its E3 Promise™, Carpathia consistently delivers an experience that exceeds expectations. Contact Carpathia at 1.888.200.9494, or visit www.carpathia.com for more information.

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