athenahealth Welcomes Paul Brient as Chief Product Officer
September 05 2019 - 9:00AM
athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of network-enabled services
for ambulatory and hospital customers nationwide, announced today
that Paul Brient will join the company as Chief Product Officer
(CPO). Brient comes to athenahealth from PatientKeeper, Inc. where
he served as CEO for 17 years and led the company’s mission to
advance healthcare with instinctive, empowering technology that
respects the importance of physicians. As CPO, Brient will serve a
crucial role in helping shape the company’s product roadmap to
optimize the athenahealth network and drive clinical density.
“At the helm of PatientKeeper, Paul focused on creating
solutions that enhance physician workflows and EHR investments,”
said Bob Segert, chairman and chief executive officer of
athenahealth. “He knows our customers just as well as we do, and we
share a similar vision and philosophy. With Paul leading our
product strategy and roadmap, we will be that much closer
to achieving our vision – to create a thriving healthcare ecosystem
which will enable accessible, affordable and sustainable healthcare
for all.”
Brient has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare
information technology, including physician workflow and practice
automation, payer-based medical management, pharmaceutical-based
disease management and medical devices. He led PatientKeeper from a
pre-revenue startup in 2002, to what is now a wholly owned
subsidiary of HCA Healthcare, serving more than 75,000
physicians.
Prior to joining PatientKeeper, he held senior executive-level
positions at leading healthcare and consulting firms, including
McKesson Corporation, HPR, and The Boston Consulting Group. Brient
launched his healthcare IT career as the founder and president of
BCS, an early physician practice management software company.
“I have long admired and respected athenahealth as a leader in
healthcare IT,” said Brient. “I watched the organization as it
pioneered new solutions to truly help practitioners spend more time
on patient care, and less time and frustration dealing with
technology. I am thrilled at the opportunity to join Bob and the
athenahealth leadership team in the pursuit of healthcare
innovation and inspiration.”
Brient serves on the Advisory Board for LRVHealth and has held
board positions for a variety of healthcare technology companies,
including GetWellNetwork and Reva Systems. He is a Henry Crown
Fellow at The Aspen Institute and a 2011 Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur of The Year New England Region award winner.
Brient earned his MBA from Harvard Business School where he was
a Baker Scholar. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical
engineering and computer science summa cum laude from Princeton
University.
About athenahealth, Inc. athenahealth partners
with hospital and ambulatory customers to drive clinical and
financial results. We offer medical record, revenue cycle, patient
engagement and care coordination services. Our technology and
analytics help healthcare providers across the continuum of care
effectively manage their financial, clinical, and human capital
workflows. We combine insights from our network of more than
160,000 providers with deep industry knowledge and perform
administrative work at scale. For more information, please visit
www.athenahealth.com.
Contact:Amanda Melander media@athenahealth.com
(617) 402-8001
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