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About Tyler Whetstine
Tyler Whetstine is chief information officer at USA Health.
Whetstine oversees all aspects of information
technology, including computer systems, databases, network, and
telecommunications. He brings more than 20 years of experience in
healthcare information technology to the position.
Prior to joining USA Health, Whetstine was a senior
vice president and chief information officer for Adventist Health, a
company with 30,000 associates in more than 24 hospitals. He also
previously served as vice president for Cerner Corporation, the world’s
leading healthcare IT firm. His roles at Cerner included CIO of Citrus
Memorial Health System in Florida.
Whetstine earned a bachelor’s degree in health information administration from the University of Kansas and the University of Kansas Medical Center. He is a member of the Healthcare Management Academy (The Academy), the Scottsdale Institute, and CHIME, where he holds the certification of Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer (CHCIO). He also completed the Healthcare Leadership program from the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.