Betsy Thornquist is Chief Information Officer for the St. Vincent's Health System in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In addition to managing St. Vincent's relationship with Ascension Health Information Services, she is responsible for health information management, telecommunications and library services at the Medical Center.Â
She comes to St. Vincent's after serving ten years with Yale New Haven Health System as director of health system applications and support. Before joining Yale, she held a position in software development at Shared Medical Services/Siemens, and was previously a manager at IBM Credit Corp.Â
Ms. Thornquist holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College and a Masters in quantitative systems from Arizona State University. She has participated in multiple statewide committees regarding healthcare issues and is a member of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society and eHealth Connecticut.
She and her husband, Steven, live in Bethany, Connecticut with two teenaged daughters and two cats, where her whole family is interested in environmental causes. About serving on the MetroPool Board, she says, “I am very excited to be involved with an organization that helps reduce carbon emissions and road congestion.” |
