PEOPLE - Clarity Medical Systems makes appointment:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Clarity Medical Systems, the Pleasanton, California eyecare diagnostics and data systems specialist, has appointed Barry Linder to the newly created role of chief medical officer. Dr Linder brings the senior executive experience of his most recently roles as CEO for orthopaedics companies ConforMIS and Imaging Therapeutics, and specialist knowledge of telemedicine, as senior executive for Kaiser Permanente's Care Management Institute. At this non-profit integrated health management organisation headed the development of the first national website for Permanente physicians and helped set up the group's multi-billion dollar HealthConnect programme, the largest civilian ehealth system in the US.
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