Robin Settle Joins Kurt Salmon's Health Care Information Technology Practice

ATLANTA, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Management consulting firm Kurt Salmon is pleased to welcome Robin Settle to the firm's Health Care Information Technology Practice.

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Settle has more than 25 years of experience in health care and joins Kurt Salmon from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she led the Health Information Technology Leadership Team. She also has considerable experience in the provider environment—she served as the first COO of Temple University Health System's Primary Care Network and as a senior administrator in the creation of Temple Children's Hospital.

"We're very excited to welcome Robin to the Kurt Salmon team," said Andrew Bachrodt, managing partner of Kurt Salmon's Health Care Group. "Robin's deep health care expertise and history of innovative IT solutions make her a perfect fit for the role. We're confident she will help us continue to deliver high-impact solutions to our clients."

Settle has significant experience with many aspects of operations and performance improvement, strategic planning, financial planning, vendor selection, electronic medical record and revenue cycle system implementation, portfolio management, IT staffing, and skills assessments.

"This is an exciting time in health care IT," Settle said. "Providers are being asked to deliver higher-quality care while cutting costs, and a solid IT foundation is instrumental to delivering against that promise. At Kurt Salmon, I'm looking forward to applying my considerable expertise to helping clients navigate this constantly changing environment and position themselves for success, now and in the future."

About Kurt Salmon

Kurt Salmon is the premier management consulting firm for today's leading hospitals and health systems. We work closely with our clients to create tailored solutions for their strategic, facility and capital asset, operations and performance, and information technology needs.

Globally, Kurt Salmon has more than 1,400 consultants in 13 countries across four continents. Our clients are industry leaders who benefit from our deep industry and functional expertise.

As trusted advisors, Kurt Salmon partners with clients to design, and then drive, strategies and solutions that make lasting and meaningful impact. We are committed to delivering measurable results for our clients.

Learn more at www.kurtsalmon.com.

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