WAYNE, PA – A changing of the guard at MEDecision isn’t expected to change the course of a company that’s ready to grow significantly in the coming year.
So says Scott A. Storrer, president and chief operating officer of the Wayne, Pa.-based developer of collaborative healthcare management solutions, who will assume the role of chief executive officer at the end of the year.
Storrer, 42, who came to MEDecision roughly a year ago from Cardinal Health, will succeed company founder David St. Clair, who is retiring following two decades at the company’s helm.
Storrer came on board in December 2008, a few months after the Health Care Services Corp. (HCSC), a Chicago-based health insurer and operator of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans in several states, acquired MEDecision. By this past April, he’d engineered a show of force at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s 2009 conference with a much larger presence on the show floor, from which the company announced the acquisition of HxTechnologies, Inc. and showcased its Alineo healthcare management platform and Nexalign healthcare information exchange service.
Storrer sees growth in several areas. First of all, he expects the company’s core business to double in size next year as Alineo and Nexalign gain traction and integrate with the real-time data aggregation tools provided by HxTI. He also expects the ongoing debate in Washington over healthcare reform and the push toward “meaningful use” of healthcare IT will help the market for MEDecision’s technology.
“We knew at HIMSS that we needed to bolster our capabilities to connect outside of the four walls to the payer,” he said. “Our goal is to create truly meaningful electronic health records.”
Storrer also has his sights set on new ventures. While pushing for further integration of MEDecision’s technology in partnerships with GE, Microsoft, Emmi Solutions and Availity, he sees the company making a play in clinical trial recruitment, in the development of the patient-centered medical home concept (the company is now working with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma on a pilot project) and in the development of telehealth services.
“MEDecision has continued to evolve over the years, championing new solutions to meet the changing needs in healthcare IT,” said St. Clair, who will continue to sit on the board of directors. “This executive transition is the latest evolution of the company, one that positions MEDecision for its next stage of growth.”
