Veteran Healthcare IT Executive Succeeds Retiring CEO
TORONTO, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Diversinet Corp.
(TSXV: DIV) (OTCBB: DVNTF), a leader in "Connected and Protected"
mobile healthcare communications, has appointed Dr. Hon Pak as its interim Chief Executive Officer.
Dr Pak succeeds Albert Wahbe, who
has retired as CEO but will remain Chairman of the Board of
Directors until March 31, 2012. Dr.
Pak has served on the company's executive advisory board since
September.
"Dr. Pak brings the perfect blend of extensive medical and
technology knowledge along with strong leadership experience"
stated Wahbe. "His healthcare expertise will help lead our team in
managing several now fully-functional MobiSecure®
deployments and the further market penetration of our leading
secure mobile applications."
Diversinet's Board expressed their appreciation for Wahbe's many
contributions as CEO and particularly for helping to establish the
company's leadership position as a recognized innovator in secured
mobile healthcare.
Pak is a recently retired Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the
U.S. Army Medical Department, an $11
billion healthcare system with more than 60,000 employees.
He was the Army's first Chief Medical Information Officer before
his promotion to CIO. Pak also previously served as president of
the American Telemedicine Association, leading the effort on global
health and standards development for telehealth. In addition, he
has also headed the Advanced Information Technology Group within
the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, which has
served as the U.S. Department of Defense health IT research and
development arm.
"Healthcare is starting to undergo significant changes, becoming
more outcome based and patient centered," Pak said. "Mobility will
be critical for healthcare organizations to achieve this
transformation. Diversinet, with its proven and secure mobile
development platform, is well positioned to meet this demand. I
decided to join Diversinet because of my passion for its technology
and even more importantly, its people."
Pak is recognized for the design and development of a health IT
strategy around patient-centered care and as an innovator who
helped transform Army Medicine into a systems based organization.
He also shaped a federal investment in electronic health record
exchanges and health information technology for active military,
veteran and civilian populations. He holds a medical degree from
the Uniformed Services University of
Health Sciences and completed a fellowship in dermatology at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center. Pak is a distinguished graduate of the
United States Military Academy.
About Diversinet
Diversinet Corp. (TSX Venture: DIV, OTCBB: DVNTF) provides patented
and proven secure products that enable healthcare organizations to
rapidly deploy HIPAA-compliant mobile healthcare (mHealth)
applications to anyone, anytime, anywhere, on mobile devices. Learn
more about how Diversinet is delivering "Healthcare. Connected and
Protected" at www.diversinet.com.
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