Spreemo, a New York-based Healthcare management platform, announced this week it has named Daniel Elgort, PhD, its new vice president of healthcare analytics.

Elgort will be in charge of the expansion of Spreemo’s data analytics projects in radiology and other medical disciplines.

“The creation and promotion of objective quality metrics is one of the great challenges and opportunities for reforming our healthcare system,” Elgort said in a statement. “I'm impressed by the strides Spreemo has made in gaining buy-in from payers and the radiology community, and I'm extremely enthusiastic about the opportunity to work with Spreemo and its partners to broaden the scope of its data-rooted infrastructure and make a real impact on patient outcomes.”

“We've been uniquely successful not only in creating objective measures to help identify high-quality radiology providers, but also in receiving widespread support from both the provider and payer communities,” Ron Vianu, Spreemo CEO and co-founder, said in the same statement. “Establishing a currency of quality that all stakeholders--payors and providers alike--can agree upon is fundamental to a more transparent and value-based healthcare system. We're very excited to leverage Daniel's expertise as we expand our efforts to further and analytically refine our understanding of quality in order to address the increasing focus of our partners - that is, improving patient outcomes efficiently across the entire continuum of patient care.”

Elgort was previously director and global lead of healthcare big data analytics research for Philips. He is the primary author of more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and abstracts, and holds more than 40 patents.

Spreemo was founded in 2010. Back in June 2015, Pamplona Capital Management announced it was making a “significant investment” in Spreemo.