Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX), a healthcare business and data automation company, has added two senior executives to support and amplify the company’s growth plans. New executives include Bob McCarthy, senior vice president of Strategy and Corporate Development and Laura Dunbar, senior vice president of Global Marketing.
“GHX continues on a growth trajectory, acquiring three companies in the past four years while also delivering critical new technology to help our clients solve the cost/quality equation in healthcare. Our mission to help improve the cost of delivering patient care is at the core of all our decisions. Expanding our leadership team continues our commitment to deepening engagement with our customers while expanding our market presence, and continuing to deliver solutions that transform the business of healthcare,” said Bruce Johnson, president and CEO, GHX.
McCarthy joins GHX with more than 20 years of experience leading corporate development and strategy teams. Most recently, he worked for Level 3 Communications leading the company’s Corporate Development group in Broomfield, Colo. Prior to that he led other corporate development functions and held administrative leadership roles for companies such as BellSouth and Cypress Communications. McCarthy earned his bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctorate from the University of Carolina, Chapel Hil
Dunbar will lead Global Marketing at GHX and most recently was Vice President of Marketing at GetWellNetwork, a Bethesda, MD provider of patient engagement technology solutions. Additionally, Dunbar has held marketing and leadership roles at West Corporation, where she was Vice President Marketing Strategy for the healthcare practice and VMware, where she led product marketing for the company’s IT Business Management and IT Benchmarking solutions. Dunbar earned her master’s in Business Administration from San Jose State University, San Jose, Calif, and bachelor’s from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colo.
About GHX
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) is a healthcare business and data automation company, empowering healthcare organizations to enable better patient care and maximize industry savings using its world-class cloud-based supply chain technology platform. GHX brings together healthcare providers, manufacturers and distributors in North America, and Europe, who rely on proven healthcare-focused technology and comprehensive data to automate business processes and make more informed, timely and fact-based decisions. Solutions span procurement and accounts payable automation, contract and inventory management, vendor credentialing and management, business intelligence, payment management and other supply chain-related tools and services. For more information, visit www.ghx.com and The Healthcare Hub.