CloudMD Appoints Experienced, World-Class Insurance and Health Executive as Chief Innovation Officer

Karen Adams brings over 20 years’ experience leading large public and private insurance and mental health and wellness companies

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CloudMD Software & Services Inc. (TSXV: DOC, OTCQB: DOCRF, Frankfurt: 6PH) (the “Company” or “CloudMD”), a telehealth company revolutionizing the delivery of healthcare to patients, is excited to announce that it has appointed experienced healthcare executive, Karen Adams as Chief Health Innovation Officer. Karen is a tenured senior executive and has over 20 years’ experience in building insurance companies and driving innovation and growth in public, private and not for profit organizations supporting employee/consumer mental health and wellness. 

Karen is a nationally recognized leader in developing solutions for payors and individuals in mental health and wellness. Over the last 20 years, Karen was responsible for building the Employee Assistance Industry (EAP) by convincing organizations that the investment in mental health would increase productivity and wellbeing.  She was responsible for creating the team that brought a focus on mental health in the workplace resulting in Canada’s largest EAP provider in Canada (Shepell.fgi). She’s held various senior management positions at Morneau Shepell, SCM Insurance Services (the largest independent, privately owned provider of claims management, risk management, and medical evaluations in Canada) and mental health platform provider Snapclarity.  She was previously Board Chair of Ontario Shores Foundation for mental health sciences in Ontario.

One of CloudMD’s key priorities is providing a holistic approach to healthcare in North America. The Company is integrating primary care and mental health resources, both publicly and privately, to ensure that patients have a personalized wellness plan with the right services for the right mental health issue. Payors and individuals in North America are searching for a single integrated solution for healthcare, shifting the focus so employees understand how to manage their mental and physical health. This shift is providing an opportunity for innovation in employer solutions to manage the holistic view of patient care. The Company understands that the siloed approach to managing health needs will not realize the outcomes that are needed in healthcare. A holistic mental and physical health view of the person supported by technology, human touch and artificial intelligence will optimize individual healthcare journeys resulting in prevention and recovery along the continuum of care.