Ardent Health Services
Anika Gardenhire, RN, CHCIO, currently serves as the Chief Digital and Information Officer at Ardent Health Services, leading digital strategy and IT infrastructure for the 30-hospital system since September 2023. Prior roles include positions at Centene Corporation where responsibilities spanned Chief Customer Experience Officer, Chief Digital Officer, and Regional Vice President, focusing on digital transformation, governance, and clinical systems integration. Anika also contributed to Intermountain Healthcare as AVP of Digital Transformation and operations program administrator for iCentra. Additional experience includes managerial roles at Deloitte Consulting and Leidos Health, emphasizing health IT solutions and clinical transformation. Anika holds a Master of Management in Clinical Informatics from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of South Carolina-Columbia.
Ardent Health Services
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Founded in 1993 as Behavioral Healthcare Corporation, and based in Nashville, Tennessee, Ardent Health Services is an owner and operator of acute-care hospitals and other medical facilities. In 2001, the private equity firm of Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe became the majority owner of the company. The firm then began to acquire medical/surgical hospitals and health systems; in 2005, it sold its psychiatric hospitals and changed its name to Ardent Health Services. Ardent currently owns and operates acute care health systems, a network of 11 acute care hospitals, multi-specialty physician groups, a health plan and a medical laboratory.