Divurgent Hires Chris Brownlee, EHR Implementation Expert, as Principal

Chris Brownlee, Principal, will lead Divurgent clients through successful EHR implementation, rollout, and optimization programs.

January 19, 2021 – Virginia Beach, VA – Divurgent, an international IT consulting company, announced today that it hired Chris Brownlee as Principal. Chris joins Divurgent with nearly 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, leading teams through large-scale EHR implementations, including a significant and successful 21-year tenure at Cerner Corporation, leaving the organization as an Engagement Executive.

Chris joins the Divurgent principal team, leading the firm’s successful EHR implementation and support practice, where he plans to bring further innovations to clients undergoing strategic planning, technology transitions, or looking to optimize their systems through deploying process improvement strategies, implementing proven project management methodologies, and driving organizational change management efforts.

Recently, Divurgent received straight A’s* across the board on all Customer Experience Pillars, including loyalty, operations, services, relationship, and value, in KLAS Research’s 2020 Implementation Leadership Report. The strategic hire of Chris further positions the firm to continue to meet and exceed high customer expectations in a high-performing competitive market.

“Chris was one of the first principals I brought on when I joined Divurgent” said Dr. Sam Hanna, Executive Vice President, Consulting and Innovation, and Chief Strategy Officer, “he brings a rich background in client-first approaches and has proven his ability to develop and deliver solutions to a wide variety of healthcare organizations.”

Brownlee’s experience working with some of the nation’s most prominent health systems and implementing technology-enabled process improvements builds upon the already successful Implementation and Support Practice at Divurgent. Since his hire, he has taken the reigns on several major projects, working with other key members of the delivery and executive teams.

About Divurgent
Divurgent is a solutions provider focused on what matters most to our client partners. We disrupt the typical value equation by using data-infused, flexible, and scalable solutions that demonstrate and quantify value for our partners.

We are committed to IT evolution, deploying tailored solutions that help our client partners achieve improved operational effectiveness, financial performance, and quality of customer experience. Throughout Divurgent’s 13-year history, we have experienced year-over-year growth measured in both revenue and employee headcount.www.divurgent.com

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About Divurgent

Divurgent is a full-service, healthcare-focused/HIT consulting firm led by people you actually want to work with. We’re one of the only firms out there that has your back for the whole journey. We can help you select an EHR or tool, implement it, staff it, bring you live, optimize it, and more. Three-hundred sixty degrees. Most of our focus is on EHRs, but we do much more than that. We think beyond the system and below the surface. Think workflow, digital strategy, operational readiness, change management and more. We’re most excited by helping you solve your most complex challenges.

We Attract, Develop, and Retain Top Talent | Our team has been in your shoes. Our consultants have worked within health systems, across all levels, so we bring operational and clinical expertise to every role. We have experts in EHR implementation, analytics, digital strategy, project management, managed services, and more, and we can rapidly source talent that fits our client’s project and culture.

Our Methodology is Proven | Our methodology considers operational realities, health system structural dynamics, and change management to present tailored solutions that are data-driven, scalable, and primed for adoption. And it’s future-focused: we design based on where your organization is going, not where it is today.

We Do What’s Right and Can Do It Quickly | Since 2007, we’ve been privately-owned, healthcare-focused, and driven foremost by commitment to our clients. This independence allows us to be agile – team members are empowered to make critical decisions in real-time – and flexible. Our relationships are much greater than the value of our contracts.

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