Sent on behalf of Cindy Fedell, Regional Chief Information Officer

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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Stephen Viherjoki has accepted the position of Regional Chief Medical Information Officer.

Dr. Viherjoki is currently the Chief of Inpatient Care, an Attending Physician and was formerly the Chief of Staff and Chief of Emergency Services at Dryden Regional Health Centre. He is also an Assistant Professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and a Family Physician with the Dingwall Medical Group in Dryden.

In his role as the Regional Chief Medical Information Officer, Dr. Viherjoki will be responsible for providing direction and medical leadership on the design, implementation and use of informatics to enable high quality health care services, focusing initially on the HIS renewal. Dr. Viherjoki will be working collaboratively with medical leaders and key stakeholders across Northwestern Ontario.

Please join me in congratulating and welcoming Dr. Viherjoki into this new role that he will commence on October 1, 2021.