Indiana University Health appointed Mark Lantzy to be its new chief information officer.

Lantzy, who has built his health IT career in several leadership roles over 20 years, comes to IU after serving as chief operations officer and CIO for Gateway Health, a Pittsburgh-based managed care organization for Medicaid and Medicare members. Before Gateway, Lantzy held leadership positions for WellCare Health Plans, Aetna and Accenture.

In his new role, Lantzy will have overall responsibility for information services – including strategic planning, operations and project delivery – for IU Health’s 16-hospital system, health plans and physicians network.

"There is a rapidly growing technology sector in Indianapolis and the opportunity to bring innovation and new approaches to our health information technology capability is exciting," Lantzy said in a statement.

Ryan Kitchell, IU executive vice president and chief administrative officer, called Lantzy "a dynamic and accomplished leader," who would help recruit top talent to IU’s 600-member IT team.

Lantzy’s predecessor, Bill McConnell, led statewide IS integration projects, built IU Health’s data warehouse and decision support and analytics capabilities, stabilized IS infrastructure and systems performance, and worked to expand research systems capabilities with IU School of Medicine and associated institutes.

McConnell plans to retire but will stay on the job at IU for several months to ease the transition. 

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