GNS
Healthcare (GNS), a leading provider of big data analytics in health
care, today announced the appointment of three executives. Bill
Thornburg has joined the company as vice president of product
management, Jim Dutton as vice president of product development, and
Lance Stewart as vice president of payer business development.
“These appointments will help GNS apply the power of big data analytics
to some of the most persistent and costly challenges in health care,”
says Colin Hill, CEO and co-founder of GNS. “Big data analytics can
unlock the knowledge that health plans need to dramatically impact
population health outcomes on a large scale.”
Thornburg, Dutton, and Stewart join GNS during a period of growth for
the company. In August, GNS announced the first deployment of its big
data-driven solution, Meaningful Adherence™, to 1.6 million Regence
members in Idaho, Utah, Washington, and Oregon. Meaningful Adherence
optimizes health plan interventions intended to improve medication
adherence by selecting and matching individuals to interventions based
on the opportunity to prevent costly complications. The approach
consistently delivers a net reduction in cost, with savings from averted
emergency room visits and hospital admissions outweighing the combined
costs of interventions and additional drug spending.
Thornburg, who leads GNS product management, brings extensive healthcare
industry enterprise software product marketing and management experience
to the company. Prior to GNS, he was senior vice president of solution
marketing and product management at Medicision, a provider of population
health management solutions. Previously, he was vice president of
product management and solution marketing at OptumInsight, a provider of
analytics, technology, and consulting services to the health care
industry and part of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH). Thornburg holds a
Master’s degree in business administration from the University of
Colorado.
Dutton, who leads software development for new GNS products, brings a
mix of executive and technical leadership experience to the company.
Before joining GNS, Dutton was chief architect and vice president of
engineering at Caringo, a cloud storage company. Prior to that, Dutton
served as CEO of Traq Wireless. Dutton holds a Master’s degree in
computer science from the University of Texas at Austin.
Stewart, who is responsible for expanding the company’s work on behalf
of health plans, is a health care information technology veteran whose
experience spans the health care ecosystem. He most recently led sales
and strategic client relationships for the payer and infomediary markets
at emids, a provider of healthcare business intelligence services and
solutions. Prior to that, he was a senior sales executive at McKesson
Health Solutions (NYSE: MCK), where he had a special focus on care
management solutions. Stewart previously served Merck (NYSE: MRK) in
multiple strategic roles, most recently as director of national accounts
for integrated health systems. While at Merck, Stewart’s
responsibilities included medication adherence and clinical quality
programs. Stewart holds a Bachelor’s degree in communications from the
University of Tulsa.
About GNS Healthcare
GNS Healthcare is a big data analytics company that empowers payers,
providers and pharmaceutical companies to make intelligent data-driven
decisions. We unlock knowledge within complex data, enabling
personalized, actionable predictions and precision targeting. For 15
years, GNS has been committed to developing and deploying the most
sophisticated mathematical and computational platforms to help our
partners improve health and reduce costs. www.GNSHealthcare.com
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