Toren joins Medsphere board of directors

Richard B. Toren has joined the board of directors at Medsphere Systems, bringing more than 30 years’ experience to the San Diego-based open-source healthcare enterprise system provider.

A veteran health IT entrepreneur, Toren currently serves as chairman and president of CodeRyte, a Bethesda, Md.-based company that automates billing code extraction.

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