Misys Healthcare Systems Names New President Of Homecare Systems Group
RALEIGH, NC - Misys Healthcare Systems – a leader in healthcare IT – announced that Betty Feth, a 19-year veteran of the company, has been tapped to lead one of the company's key businesses. Feth – who becomes the first female to lead a Misys Healthcare Systems business unit – will serve as President of the Homecare Systems group.
"Betty's deep understanding of the overall healthcare market and success as vice president of operations for our Homecare business made her a logical choice to head the group," said Tom Skelton, chief executive officer for Misys Healthcare Systems. "She has a proven performance track record, strong leadership skills, and an innate ability to cultivate talent – all of which are tremendous assets to our company."
In her new role, Feth will oversee and lead all operations for Homecare Systems, including product development, sales and marketing, and service and support. The Homecare Systems group provides integrated business and clinical IT solutions for home health, hospice and private duty organizations – one of the fastest growing segments in the healthcare market.
Feth joined Misys in 1985 after gaining an additional eight years of broad healthcare experience. Along with her background in home care IT, Feth also has worked in the ambulatory/physician practice market, as well as in the acute/hospital setting.
Feth holds a computer science degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
About Misys Healthcare Systems
Misys Healthcare Systems, one of the top five healthcare IT companies in North America, develops and supports reliable, easy-to-use software and services of exceptional quality that enable physicians and caregivers to more easily manage the complexities of healthcare. With 25 years of industry experience, Misys currently serves more than 92,000 physicians in 18,000 practice locations, 1,250 hospitals, 600 home care providers and hundreds of commercial laboratories, clinics, managed services and other related organizations. Misys' family of leading clinical products and Web-based technologies – Misys Optimum™ solutions – are designed from the ground up to share patient data across all medical care settings. Misys Optimum connects community-based physicians and caregivers to the acute care enterprise, enabling increased efficiencies, better decision-making and improved hospital-physician relations. For more information, visit www.misyshealthcare.com.
About Misys plc
Misys plc, the global software products and solutions company, serves customers in the international banking and securities, international healthcare, and UK general insurance industries. Through a wholly owned subsidiary, Sesame, it also provides business process outsourcing to services to independent financial advisors (IFAs) in the UK. Misys partners with its customers to deliver outstanding IT solutions to essential industries, and employs over 6,000 people internationally. For more information, visit www.misys.com.
Source: Misys Healthcare Systems