William L. Montgomery has accepted an invitation to serve as chief information officer for Hospital Sisters Health System. Montgomery will join the System in April.
Stephanie S. McCutcheon, President and CEO of HSHS said, "Our Care Integration initiative - ensuring that the patient is at the center of a high quality, highly integrated, compassionate delivery system - depends greatly on the latest IT systems and practices. Bill will help us reach that goal."
Montgomery is currently the president of Cedar Brook Consulting in Gainesville, Fla.
Prior to joining Cedar Brook Consulting, he served as vice president, healthcare, for Sprint Nextel, of Reston, Va., and was responsible for all strategic planning and the definition and development of markets and products for the health-care field.
Montgomery holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Syracuse University and a master's degree in health systems management from Union College of Schenectady, N.Y.
Hospital Sisters Health System includes St. John's Hospital and hospitals in Belleville, Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Highland, Litchfield,Springfield and Streator and in Wisconsin: Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Sheboygan and two in Green Bay.
