KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (Bernama) -- InterSystems, a creative data technology provider powering over one billion health records globally, announced the appointment of Tim Ferris as vice president (VP), Healthcare Practice.
In a statement, InterSystems said the announcement was timed to coincide with healthcare leaders gathering for the 2026 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition.
InterSystems president, Don Woodlock said Dr Ferris's experience as a physician, healthcare executive and policy leader makes him well positioned to help develop technology solutions that support stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem.
In his new role, Dr Ferris will help guide the clinical and strategic direction of the company’s healthcare solutions worldwide. He will also advise global health systems and governments while supporting the development of technology solutions, including those involving artificial intelligence (AI) in care delivery.
Most recently, Dr Ferris served as president of healthcare at Red Cell Partners, a technology incubator and investment firm. Prior to that, he was national director of transformation at England’s National Health Service (NHS), where he oversaw digital transformation initiatives, including expanding the NHS app to more than 40 million users and migrating national data services to the cloud.
Before the NHS, Dr Ferris was chief executive officer and chair of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization and senior vice president for population health at Mass General Brigham.
In those roles, he oversaw 3,000 physicians and led an accountable care organisation that generated over US$1 billion in cumulative cost savings for taxpayers while achieving top national performance on quality metrics. (US$1=RM3.94)
Dr Ferris is a Harvard-trained physician and professor of medicine at Harvard University. He has authored more than 120 publications on quality measurement, health information technology, and population health and currently serves in an advisory role for Stanford University.
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