Dr Nick van Terheyden is the new Dell Healthcare & Life Sciences CMO

Dr van Terheyden will be responsible for providing strategic insight to help Dell advance its support of healthcare organisations, medical professionals and patients through information-enabled healthcare

Dell Services has announced that Dr Nick van Terheyden, former chief medical information officer of Nuance Communications, has been named Dell Healthcare & Life Sciences chief medical officer. As CMO, Dr van Terheyden will be responsible for providing strategic insight to help Dell advance its support of healthcare organisations, medical professionals and patients through information-enabled healthcare. He will report to Sid Nair, VP and Global GM of Dell’s Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS) Services business.

“Dr van Terheyden’s unique combination of medical experience, business strategy and creativity make him the perfect addition to Dell. As Dell’s CMO, Dr van Terheyden will play a key role in providing our customers access to expertise that is crucial in navigating clinical issues and applying innovative solutions in an increasingly complex healthcare industry,” said Nair.

Dr van Terheyden is well-regarded for his contributions to the evolution of healthcare technology. Reportedly, Dr van Terheyden will help Dell’s global healthcare customers develop a strategy and apply technology to achieve an IT environment that is interconnected, efficient and patient-focused. Prior to joining Dell, he served as CMO for Nuance, where he drove the company’s healthcare strategy to improve healthcare utilising technology including speech recognition, medical intelligence and clinical language understanding.

Dr van Terheyden has international experience in the Middle East, Australia, the UK, Malaysia and New Zealand. His career experiences include collaborations with top healthcare organisations including Philips Healthcare, Mount Sinai Medical Center, KPMG, Healthcare International and Shell. Additionally, he aided in the development of one of the first electronic medical records, served as a business leader in one of the first speech recognition Internet companies. He has several professional memberships including HIMSS, mHealth Executive Committee, AMIA, and AMDIS.