ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart Document Solutions (SDS) Founder, President and CEO John Smart has decided to step down as president and CEO while remaining active on the company’s board of directors. SDS is the leading provider of “release of information” (ROI) services to the medical industry.
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Smart has selected Frank Murphy as the new president and CEO of Smart Document Solutions. Murphy served as president of Per-Se Technologies’ Physician Services division. Per-Se is the only national provider of business management outsourcing services to hospital-affiliated physicians in the United States. He had been president of the division since 2001. In his role, he was responsible for the delivery of services for revenue cycle management, cost management and practice management information systems to more than 15,000 physician clients nationwide. Per-Se is a publicly traded company based in Atlanta. Murphy, who joined Per-Se in 1998, also held several senior management positions with the company, including senior vice president - operations, Physician Services division, as well as senior vice president, academic medicine and multispecialty services.
Smart said, “After nearly three decades it is hard to step down from managing a company that you built. Frank makes the move easier because I know that he has the industry expertise and knowledge to continue to grow this company. I wanted someone who knows healthcare and technology and Frank has proven experience in both areas.”
“SDS is the clear leader in the release of information for the medical industry and we want to lengthen our lead,” said Murphy. “To have an industry pioneer like John Smart select you to take over the organization he started is a very high honor.”
Murphy brings more than 22 years of healthcare experience to SDS. Prior to joining Per-Se, he held various leadership positions in the industry, including president and chief executive officer of Trident Regional Health Systems in Charleston, S.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). He also served as regional director responsible for 14 hospitals of an investor-owned company as well as president of a healthcare consulting firm.
Murphy earned a bachelor of arts degree and a master’s degree in healthcare management from Duke University.
About Smart Document Solutions
Smart Document Solutions, LLC, a privately held company based in Alpharetta, Ga., is the world’s largest health document processor. Smart Document Solutions’ (SDS) proprietary document imaging services are used by more than 5,500 healthcare facilities nationwide. For more than 27 years, SDS has worked with facilities to make distributing health information secure and more efficient. SDS was named one of INC. Magazine’s “500 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in America” from 1987 to 1989. More information is available at http://www.smartdocumentsolutions.net/ or call 1-800-367-1500.
John Smart founded the company in 1976. He was named California’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 1990. SDS moved its headquarters from California to Alpharetta, Ga., in 1997.
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