Movers and Shakers news roundup

July’s roundup of movements and appointments includes a new interim CIO at Great Ormond Street and a new CEO at online triage provider, Klinik.

Jo Smith has been appointed the interim CIO at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust.

Smith announced the news on social media saying she was “excited” to be joining the team.

“Great to be back supporting the NHS in its digital journey, particularly in these challenging times,” she added.

Excited to be joining #GOSH as interim CIO tomorrow – great to be back supporting the #NHS in its #digitaljourney, particularly in these challenging times.

— Joanna Smith (@joannamarysmith) June 8, 2020

Former GP Petteri Hirvonen as the new chief executive officer of online triage company, Klinik.

Hirvonen, who was previously the company’s chief medical officer, will help the Finnish health tech company to meet the complex needs of healthcare providers, its staff, and their patients, by drawing on his experience in clinical and leadership roles across healthcare and technology.

As a trained medical professional, he brings deep insight into the needs of frontline healthcare teams and organisations, and their desire to use technology that will help them deliver high-quality outcomes with efficient, sustainable processes.

Director of UK operations and sales, Ben Wood, said: “We know that safe, reliable, evidence-driven technology will underpin the ‘new normal’ of digital-first primary care in the UK.

“Petteri’s medical knowledge, and grasp of the wider needs of health and care, will ensure that Klinik can be at the forefront of exciting developments for GPs and patients across the UK.”

Former managing director of the Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System and NHS England director of commissioning operations, Wendy Saviour, has joined the advisory board of UK-based healthtech company, Health Navigator.

He role is to support strategic product and service development with a focus on business models to ensure services are aligned with local systems’ requirements as well as alignment with pandemic recovery, population health management and effective resource utilisation.

Saviour said: “I am delighted to be joining Health Navigator. Using AI to target those requiring clinical health coaching provides a huge opportunity to support patients to be treated and cared for in the right place at the right time.

“The strong research base which underpins Health Navigator’s model shows that this enables better outcomes and experiences for patients alongside improved use of hospital and system wide capacity. I am excited to be able to share my experience in the development of Health Navigator.”

Technology-enabled home care provider Cera, has appointed Jessica Craker as director of people, brand and culture.

Craker will be handling HR, recruitment, brand and marketing processes within Cera, building on the employee-centric culture which Cera has fostered since its inception in 2016.

CEO and founder of Cera, Dr Mahiben Maruthappu, said: “With over fifteen years in brand strategy roles across multiple sectors and technology playing a key role in each, Jessica is bringing a significant amount of experience to Cera. Jessica will be focussed on our people and how we can empower them to do what they do best – care.”