Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today
announced that Judith C. Pelham, president emeritus of Trinity Health,
one of the largest Catholic healthcare systems in the United States, has
been elected to its Board of Directors effective August 3, 2009.
"Judy is an accomplished healthcare executive who will bring invaluable
industry knowledge and provider perspective to her role,” said Philip M.
Pead, Eclipsys president and chief executive officer. "We expect the
company’s strategic direction to benefit from her deep understanding of
the opportunities and challenges our clients face during this pivotal
point in our nation’s healthcare delivery system. We look forward to her
many contributions.”
About Judith C. Pelham
Ms. Pelham currently sits on the board of Amgen, a leading biotechnology
company, where she has served since May 1995. She also sits on the board
of trustees of Smith College. Possessing more than 30 years of
experience as a healthcare provider executive, Ms. Pelham most recently
served for four and a half years as president and chief executive
officer of Trinity Health, a national system of healthcare facilities
encompassing hospitals, long-term care, home care, psychiatric care,
ambulatory care and residences for the elderly. Prior to then, she
enjoyed a distinguished, seven-year tenure as the president and chief
executive officer of Mercy Health Services, a system of hospitals, home
care, long-term care, ambulatory services and managed care established
to carry out the health ministry sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy
Regional Community of Detroit. She also served for 10 years as president
and chief executive officer of Daughters of Charity Health Services,
Austin, Texas, a network of hospitals, home care and ambulatory services
serving central Texas.
In addition to Ms. Pelham, Eclipsys’ Board of Directors includes Eugene
V. Fife, chairman of the board and former general partner with Goldman
Sachs & Co, where Mr. Fife served as a member of the firm’s Management
Committee and as chairman of Goldman Sachs International; John T. Casey,
chairman and former president and chief executive officer of Medcath
Corporation that operates nine hospitals focusing on high acuity medical
conditions; Dan Crippen, PhD, former director of the Congressional
Budget Office (CBO) and a former Reagan White House adviser; Edward A.
Kangas, former chairman and chief executive officer of the international
accounting firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; Craig Macnab, chairman and
chief executive officer of National Retail Properties, Inc., a publicly
traded company that acquires, develops, and manages freestanding retail
properties; Jay B. Pieper, vice president of Corporate Development and
Treasury Affairs at Partners HealthCare System in Boston, MA, parent
company of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Inc.; and Mr. Pead, Eclipsys’ president and chief executive
officer.
