Veteran CIO Shafiq Rab, chief information officer and senior vice president of information technology at the institute of Hackensack University Health Network in the region of New Jersey since the year of 2012, is heading towards Chicago.
Veteran CIO Shafiq Rab has accepted the positions of CIO and SVP at the institute of Rush University Medical Center, effective January 9.
Hackensack is a quickly growing system that only 5 months ago merged its operations with Meridian Health. In the month of November, the agency declared a contract to affiliate with JFK Health.
At Rush, Rab replaces Lac Van Tran, who served in the position since the year of 2002 before recently retiring.
At Hackensack, Veteran CIO Shafiq Rab assisted usher in the mobile era by launching iPads and the Apple Health Kit to enable patients and families more access to their medical records and electronic communication with care teams. He established an app enabling patient access to appointment scheduling, test results, prescription data and communication with physicians from any device.
He also supervised and led development of facial recognition technology to match sufferers to their information.
Rab initially served as CIO for 4 years at Greater Hudson Valley Health System, one year at Catskill Regional Medical Center, almost 5 years at Saint Mary’s Hospital and almost 4 years at Carrier Clinic/East Mountain Hospital.
As Rush continues to expand access to care across the region, linking our academic health network will be crucial,” Rush University Medical Center President Michael Dandorph claimed in a statement. “His clinical and public health expertise will assist Rush to use technology to grow its mission to make better the health of people and diverse communities it serves.”
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