IICC names Siemens exec president
The IVD Industry Connectivity Consortium (IICC) has appointed Eric Olson, vice president of informatics and eBusiness for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, as its president.
Founded by global in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers, IICC’s mission is to ensure adoption of a connectivity standard to reduce the variability of data exchange between IVD testing and healthcare systems. As president, Olson has overall executive responsibility for the consortium, leading the teams focused on technology development and industry adoption, and connecting the consortium with providers and standards organizations.
Analyzers and data management systems from different manufacturers speak different languages, which mean that labs and their vendors spend significant time and money configuring each unique interface. IICC believes it is essential to develop a connectivity standard that can be caused by complex interfacing practices.
IICC member organizations include Abbott Diagnostics, Beckman Coulter, Becton Dickinson, bioMérieux, Data Innovations, Orchard Software, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Roche Diagnostics, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics and Systelab Technologies.
Olson’s background includes more than 15 years’ experience in the field of healthcare IT, including software product development, strategy, marketing and engineering. In his current role as vice president of informatics and eBusiness for the Deerfield, Ill.-based Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Olson is responsible for the division’s IT business, which spans the areas of data and process management, remote monitoring, decision support, laboratory information systems, as well as e-commerce operations.
Founded by global in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers, IICC’s mission is to ensure adoption of a connectivity standard to reduce the variability of data exchange between IVD testing and healthcare systems. As president, Olson has overall executive responsibility for the consortium, leading the teams focused on technology development and industry adoption, and connecting the consortium with providers and standards organizations.
Analyzers and data management systems from different manufacturers speak different languages, which mean that labs and their vendors spend significant time and money configuring each unique interface. IICC believes it is essential to develop a connectivity standard that can be caused by complex interfacing practices.
IICC member organizations include Abbott Diagnostics, Beckman Coulter, Becton Dickinson, bioMérieux, Data Innovations, Orchard Software, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Roche Diagnostics, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics and Systelab Technologies.
Olson’s background includes more than 15 years’ experience in the field of healthcare IT, including software product development, strategy, marketing and engineering. In his current role as vice president of informatics and eBusiness for the Deerfield, Ill.-based Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Olson is responsible for the division’s IT business, which spans the areas of data and process management, remote monitoring, decision support, laboratory information systems, as well as e-commerce operations.