Florida Hospitals Name New Director of Information Services

WEST VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla., February 3, 2017 Florida Hospital DeLand in DeLand and Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City have selected Jon Barrett to serve as director of information services for the two West Volusia hospitals.

In this role, Barrett will be responsible for managing, maintaining and implementing information technology services for both facilities, as well as provide information technology support for Adventist Information Technology and hospital business initiatives.

With more than 12 years of experience, Barrett most recently served as information services director for Adventist Health Systems Park Ridge Health in Hendersonville, North Carolina. In this role, he was responsible for coordinating the information services activities and implementing strategic initiatives at the 103-bed acute care hospital, six associated outpatient clinics, and 35 physician offices.

Barrett is a DeLand resident and holds a masters degree in business administration with a minor in technology management, as well as a bachelor degree in information technology.

An U.S. Air Force veteran, he is bilingual in Spanish. He is certified in Cerner Fundamentals and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundations. He is trained in stress and time management, coaching and team building, communication and customer service, and leadership skills by the Leadership Development Institute (LDI), as well as Resonant Leadership and Mission Integration, FOCUS, and Legacy Leadership Summit by the Park Ridge Health Leadership Institute.

About Florida Hospital East Florida Region

A member of Adventist Health System, Florida Hospitals mission is to extend the healing ministry of Christ. Encompassing six Florida Hospitals in Volusia and Flagler counties, the Florida Hospital East Florida Region is the largest hospital system in the area, with 907 beds and more than 6,000 employees. The Florida Hospital East Florida Region includes Florida Hospital DeLand in DeLand, Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City, Florida Hospital Flagler in Palm Coast, Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach, and Florida Hospital Oceanside in Ormond Beach. In April 2016, the sixth facility was added to the Florida Hospital East Florida Region family: Florida Hospital New Smyrna (formerly Bert Fish Medical Center) in New Smyrna Beach.