Diskriter Inc. has appointed Patricia Trela, to fill the newly created position of director, HIM Rehabilitation Services. Catholic Health Initiatives has named Michael O’Rourke, as senior vice president, chief information officer. MedAvant Healthcare Solutions has appointed Jim Brady as executive chairman. Medical Management Professionals, Inc. has hired Joe Degati as its new chief technology officer. Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council has named executive director Tom Hopcroft as president and CEO. Hopcroft succeeds Joyce Plotkin, who has served as Council president, and as president of the predecessor Massachusetts Software Council, for more than 22 years, overseeing the organization’s emergence as the leading representative of the state’s technology industry. PolyRemedy, Inc., has hired Jeffrey S. Jones to serve as its chief operating officer. IO Informatics, Inc. has added new members to its Working Group on Informatics for Personalized Medicine. Joining the group are Kathy Gibson, Uwe Christians, Herb Fritsche and Dan Crowther. VHA Inc., the national healthcare alliance, has promoted Nik Fincher to vice president of purchased services and capital asset sales. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, has welcomed Carolyn Kenny into her new role as executive vice president, Clinical Care. Royal Philips Electronics will appoint Christine A. Poon effective March 27, 2009, and Jeroen van der Veer effective July 1, 2009, and will reappoint James J. Schiro as members of the supervisory board. Wong Ngit Liong has expressed his wish to relinquish his position as a member of the Supervisory Board as per March 27, 2009. CommonHealth has named Chris Andrews as chief information officer. CardioComm Solutions, Inc. has received the unsolicited resignation of Dirk Hagge, one of the company’s non-executive directors. The resignation is effective immediately. Pharmacy OneSource has named Tim Gibbons to serve as chief executive officer and president board of directors. ClaimTrust Inc., has added two executives to its management team: Jay Roche as vice president of sales, and Jeff Bailey as the vice president of client services. Richard C. Howe, has joined Healthcare Informatics Associates, an InfoLogix company, as vice president of Business Development, and Shirley Hughes has been appointed to the post of vice president of Healthcare Consulting. Jeffrey Rideout, MD, has joined Certify Data Systems, Inc., as chief strategy officer.The Premier healthcare alliance board of directors has appointed John Knox, executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Carolinas HealthCare System to Premier’s Group Purchasing and Member Relations Committee. IMS Health has elected Bradley T. Sheares, as a director of its board effective April 21, 2009. SunTech Medical, Inc., has promoted Rod Thomson to director of Sales, Finished Goods - The Americas, and Kenneth Andersen to director of Marketing. MMR Information Systems, Inc., has selected Gene Barduson, to build the company’s professional healthcare IT customer base. Velos, Inc., a provider of clinical trials management information systems, has appointed William Broucek to the position of senior director, Professional Services. Randall Spratt has joined Green Networks board of directors. Frank Bonsal Jr. has joined New Markets Venture Partners as a special partner.  Ruben Jose King-Shaw Jr. has joined the KineMatikTM Group LTD’s board of directors. Premier has appointed Susan DeVore, president and chief executive officer effective July 1, upon the retirement of current president and CEO Rick Norling. Kofax has appointed James Hendrickson, as its vice president of Technical Services. Beacon Partners has made the addition of Russell Branzell, as vice president. Janet Marchibroda, who has served as chief executive of the eHealth Initiative since its founding in 2001, is moving to IBM to take a position as chief healthcare officer. Rick Landgarten will join Moelis & Company in June as a managing director.