Todd Park, well-known in healthcare IT circles as a founder of Athenahealth and Castlight Health, is leaving his post as White House chief technology officer by year-end, Fortune is reporting..
Todd Park, well-known in healthcare IT circles as a founder of Athenahealth and Castlight Health, is leaving his post as White House chief technology officer by year-end,
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Park became chief technology officer at HHS in 2009 and moved up to his current post in 2012, assuming a
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after its troubled launch.
Source: ModernHealthcare
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