Darrow named Mount Sinai Medical Center CMIO

Dr. Bruce Darrow is now chief medical information officer at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.

Darrow, 44, who has been interim CMIO since February 2012, was appointed to the new position permanently last month. As CMIO and a member of Mount Sinai's information technology leadership team, Darrow will oversee hospital IT, help launch the use of electronic medical-record system Epic at Mount Sinai Queens, further develop the medical center's capabilities as an accountable care organization and integrate data across the health network.

“I am delighted to have a leader with such breadth join our IT team,” Kumar Chatani, senior VP and CIO, said in a release. “Dr. Darrow has impressed me with his professionalism, teamwork and drive for excellence.”

Darrow will also continue to run his clinical cardiology practice at Mount Sinai.

“As both CMIO and practicing physician, I see both sides of how information technology is continually used to improve quality of care and patient safety at Mount Sinai,” Darrow said in the release. “It's a pleasure to work every day with our team, whose commitment to using technology, from electronic health records to better track the progress of patients, to supercomputers to provide personalized care, is unparalleled.”