Bowers named first executive director of SCHIEx
July 19, 2016
South Carolina Health Information Partners (SC-HIP) announces that Wyman F. Bowers has been named the first-ever chief executive officer of SCHIEx, the South Carolina Health Information Exchange.
Mr. Bowers is the former Chief Operating Officer for Midlands Orthopedics, P.A. Before that, he was the Associate General Counsel for the South Carolina Medical Association. He has both a Juris Doctor degree and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of South Carolina.
In his new position, Mr. Bowers will run all operations of SCHIEx – setting a vision, developing strategy in conjunction with the SC-HIP board, convening stakeholders, and acting as the face and voice of the organization.
SCHIEx is a network of connections that allows healthcare professionals to appropriately access, and securely share, a patient’s vital medical information electronically. This exchange was started as a result of an executive order by then-Gov. Mark Sanford in 2006, and was initially a state government entity. In March 2014, it became a private entity, governed by a nonprofit board, SC-HIP.
The exchange has grown to where it now links to the health records of more than a million patients in South Carolina.
Mr. Bowers is the organization’s first permanent, full-time director. He was preceded in that position on an interim basis by SC-HIP’s attorney, Kelly Jolley.
About SCHIEx
SCHIEx is South Carolina’s Health Information Exchange — a network of connections that allows healthcare professionals and patients to appropriately access, and securely share, a patient’s vital medical information electronically. The exchange, governed by a nonprofit board, enables physicians across South Carolina to view the patient information they need to make well-informed decisions. By providing real-time access to life-saving data, SCHIEx (pronounced SKY-eks) is improving the quality, safety and efficiency of health care delivery in the Palmetto State. For more information, go to http://schiex.org/.
