(Photo of the Dr. Alistair Erskine Provided with Release)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from Allegheny Health Network and Highmark, Highmark Health announced the appointment of Dr. Alistair Erskine as the organization’s first Chief Information Digital Officer on Wednesday. Dr. Erskine will implement strategy for providers and make both implementation and a development of a roadmap that is digital for Allegheny Health Network. Dr. Erskine will also be the person who drives the optimization of electronic health records and will support strategy of enterprises. This will be integrated between provider and payer data systems of Highmark Health from the role of Dr. Erskine. Dr. Erksine joins Highmark Health after working at Emory Healthcare and Emory University. Dr. Erksine served there as the Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and the Chief Digital Officer.