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strategic partnership and acquisition. Prior to that, she ser ved as President and CEO of Goodall Hospital in Sanford, Maine, where she was also instrumental in strengthen - ing the hospital's finances and expanding healthcare ser vices for the community. Stromstad is known nationally for her leadership and active engagement in orga - nizations such as the American College of Healthcare Executives where she ser ved as a member of the Board of Governors. She also ser ved on the American Hospital Association's Metropolitan Advisor y Council. She ser ved at the statewide level on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Hospital Association and the Maine Hospital Association, and at the local and regional levels as a board member for the United Way of Greater Waterbur y, Greater Waterbur y Chamber of Commerce, Naugatuck Valley Community College and Sanford Downtown Legacy. HEALTHECONNECTIONS HAS ACHIEVED HITRUST INFORMATION SECURITY CERTIFICATION HealtheConnections is proud to an- nounce that we have met HITRUST CSF v9.1 Certification criteria for the myConnec- tions provider portal, NextGen/Mirth health information exchange (HIE), and supporting infrastructure, effective as of Oct. 16, 2018. Not only have we satisfied the basic requirements, we've gone a significant step further meeting regulatory requirements to support Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Minimum Acceptable Risk Standards for Exchanges. Through this level of certifica - tion, we're qualified to support the secure exchange of Medicare and Medicaid claims data. This opens the door for commercial payer claims. In the healthcare industry, HITRUST is the gold standard in security framework, processes and controls. According to HealtheConnections' President and CEO Rob Hack, this is an important accomplishment for HealtheConnections, demonstrating our com - mitment to support our growing user base a nd future growth plans at the highest level. HealtheConnections' health information ex - change has health records on 98 percent of all lives in Central New York being accessed and shared by 90 percent of the region's providers and thousands of users per month. "Our participants, stakeholders and part - ners expect the best and respect the integrity of our team and our services," Rob Hack, president and CEO of HealtheConnections says. "We take our responsibility to protect this important information very seriously." To learn more about HITRUST certification at HealtheConnections, please contact Karen Romano, Vice President of Corporate Support Services, at 315-671-2241. n Medical Briefs MOHAWK VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM NAMES NEW PRESIDENT/CEO Darlene Stromstad is President/CEO of Mohawk Valley Health System (Parent Company) of Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare, St. Elizabeth Medical Center and all related corporations in Utica, New York. Mohawk Valley Health System ser ves a multicounty area of Central New York and is composed of 570 acute care beds, 202 long-term care beds and over 50 loca - tions in Oneida, Herkimer and Madison counties. An integrated deliver y system with approximately $525 million in revenue and 4,200 full-time-equivalent employees, it has more than 24,000 inpatient admis - sions and 650,000 outpatient visits annually. Stromstad received her Master of Business Administration from Rivier College in Nashua, New Hampshire, and her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Stromstad has decades of experience in health care and has led a variety of health - care organizations across the countr y. She most recently was in Boston, where she ser ved as interim CEO of Fenway Health, one of the nation's premier and largest federally qualified health centers. Prior to that, Stromstad was in Connecticut, where she ser ved as President/CEO of Waterbur y Hospital and the Greater Waterbur y Health Network (now known as Waterbur y HEALTH). During her six-year tenure at Waterbur y Hospital, Stromstad helped to stabilize the organization's financial position, rebuild its employee culture and morale, and assure its future through a M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S C E N T R A L N E W Y O R K ■ 2 019 2 3