Ms. Leslie Markow reports
CARESPAN HEALTH, INC. ANNOUNCES ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES - REMBERT DE VILLA APPOINTED CHAIRMAN, AND DARRELL MESSERSMITH AS COO
Carespan Health Inc.'s Rembert de Villa, currently vice-chairman and chief executive officer of the company, has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of the company, concurrent with his role as CEO, replacing John Reardon who is resigning from the board to focus on his growing number and scope of directorships.
According to Mr. de Villa: "I am honoured to assume the role and responsibilities of chairman, following the road John has paved for the company. John has guided the board and the company through transitioning to a focus on enabling primary care and behavioural health clinicians with integrated digital care capabilities to address the underserved. We have benefitted from his wise counsel and deep expertise in digital health care technology and information systems. He has also been a great thought partner and mentor to me.
"It was a pleasure to work with the Carespan board and management team during the past two years," according to Mr. Reardon. "And I plan to continue to support Carespan in an advisory capacity going forward."
Additionally, the board has appointed Darrell Messersmith as chief operating officer. Mr. Messersmith, who has been serving as head of technology and operations since October, 2021, will assume a broader role, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company. According to Mr. Messersmith: "I am honoured by the appointment and delighted to work with the great team at Carespan. We have an important mission, i.e. to enable better care delivery through our technology, and I am guided by that mission each day. That is what drives me to lead the Carespan team and make a difference."
The resignation and appointments are effective immediately.
About Carespan Health Inc.
Carespan is a health care technology and services company. Carespan, with its head office in British Columbia, is the parent company of the Carespan group, which holds a 100-per-cent interest in its operating subsidiary, Carespan Holdings Inc., a Delaware-incorporated company.
Carespan's proprietary clinic in the cloud is a clinical workflow driven platform designed by doctors that integrates remote patient monitoring, diagnostic tools, the patient's electronic health record, care collaboration capabilities, patient engagement, and e-prescribing and lab ordering. Carespan's platform seamlessly supports both in-person and virtual/telehealth care. Carespan is using this platform combined with essential business services to build provider networks across the United States that deliver primary and chronic care, and urgent care as well as behavioural health care.
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