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| Charles W. Kean |
Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc.
(Unibased) announced that Charles W. Kean is retiring after 43 years in
the healthcare information technology (HIT) industry. Recognized as one
of the original HIT pioneers, Charlie helped shape the future destiny
of GE Medinet, McDonnell Douglas Healthcare Division (now Boeing),
Unisys, Ferranti, Motorola EMTEK (now Eclipsys Corporation), and
Unibased. With an exceptional ability to develop innovative sales
strategies in achieving plans and objectives, Charlie launched his
career with his first major sale of the GE Medinet product to Hospital
Corporation of America (HCA) and Hospital Affiliates, LLC in 1972. As
Vice President of Sales for McDonnell Douglas Healthcare Division,
Charlie repositioned the company with “turnkey” products in the late
1980’s, resulting in industry-leading market share and the eventual sale
to American Express Healthcare Solutions which later became HBO &
Company (McKesson). Other stops at Unisys, Ferranti, and Motorola
resulted in major EHR contracts with the top academic healthcare
organizations, setting the stage for CPOE promulgation. Prior to joining
Unibased, Charlie was the National Accounts Director for Eclipsys
Corporation, where he assisted in establishing the VHA HEALTHvision
relationship, guiding the development of business strategy for physician
and consumer portals. Charlie has spent the last 10 years at Unibased
as Vice President of Sales and Client Relations, orchestrating
ground-breaking access management and surgery management sales to some
of the largest multi-entity healthcare organizations in the country.
L.V. “Skip” Covington, Unibased Chairman and CEO, stated, “The ‘Charlie
Keans’ of the industry will not and cannot be replaced. Charlie was a
significant contributor to both the creation and growth of the HIT
industry, initially selling time-sharing solutions, then moving on to
financial service bureau solutions, and eventually to enterprise turnkey
solutions. His HIT provider, vendor, and acquaintance contacts were his
friends, much more than business opportunities. He will retain his long
list of friends and stay in touch; and in that sense, will never really
‘retire’ from the industry. We wish Charlie all the best and thank him
for his years of service, hard work, and dedication.”
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