Raleigh, NC -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/28/2011 -- Vern Davenport, healthcare industry leader, spokesman and lobbyist, has joined the advisory board at SciMetrika, a public health consulting firm that provides innovative scientific, technical and logistical solutions toward the advancement of human health.

Along with three other appointed community leaders, Davenport will be responsible for guiding SciMetrika’s strategic growth objectives and ensuring the perspective of the organization’s stakeholders remains intact.

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“SciMetrika, a leader in the public health industry, is fully committed to enhancing population health outcomes,” said Davenport. “It is an honor to serve on the 2011 advisory board and I look forward to supporting the firm’s growth and expanding its reach.”

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-For more information on SciMetrika, visit http://www.scimetrika.com/

About Roger L. (Vern) Davenport
An industry leader, spokesman and lobbyist, Roger L. (Vern) Davenport has three decades of senior executive experience in building and transforming healthcare IT businesses in the United States and globally. Most recently he was CEO of Misys Healthcare and led the strategic merger of Misys Healthcare Solutions and Allscripts, creating the U.S. market leader in acute and ambulatory clinical information systems. With a successful organizational leadership track record in taking difficult situations and executing rapid performance turnarounds, Davenport was a key figure in executing the successful Allscripts merger with Misys Healthcare Solutions.

When Davenport joined Misys in 2007, the company had flat margins, declining bookings and eroding customer satisfaction and revenue.

Davenport led a strategy to stabilize the company by selling off various business lines and implemented and executed a world-class management system. After the merger’s completion, Davenport handled the establishment of a Public and Payer Sector, which focused on payer provider integration and State Medicaid transformations. Davenport has a broad range of experience across the entire healthcare IT spectrum including radiology, modalities and software technology. He has worked for IBM, Shared Medical Systems, Kodak and Siemens Medical Solutions, where he performed a major merger similar to that he managed for Allscripts and Misys. Davenport has been named one of the “50 Most Powerful People in N.C. Business.” He earned a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.

About SciMetrika, LLC
SciMetrika, LLC (http://www.scimetrika.com) is a minority-owned, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a) public health consulting firm founded in 2001 by Dr. Jean Orelien. SciMetrika’s mission is to provide innovative scientific, technical, and logistical solutions that advance human health. Clients of the company are organizations that seek to improve the health of the population as a whole or that focus on certain subgroups of the population. Among these organizations are federal, state and local agencies, health insurers, universities and large employers. The past and current experiences of our company, and the support of a multi-disciplinary staff provide SciMetrika with the ability to offer wide-ranging services that are unmatched by other small business competitors.

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