May 12, 2023 – MaineHealth has appointed Dr. Chris Thomson as its new chief medical & transformation officer.
In this newly created role Thomson will assume duties previously assigned to the system’s chief medical officer but will have added responsibility for innovating care delivery.
Thomson will be responsible for the system’s team of chief medical officers at hospitals across its service area and will also oversee research and academic affairs. In addition to those duties previously assigned to the system CMO, he will take on additional accountabilities supporting organizational transformation. This could take the form of new partnerships or new delivery models focused on value based care, where the health system is rewarded for keeping patients well instead of treating them when they are sick.
Since 2021, Thomson has been vice president & physician executive with Centura Health in Denver, Colo., with responsibility for that large health system’s operations in Colorado and Kansas. Prior to that he was with Centra Health (Lynchburg, VA) for 12 years, in roles of increasing responsibility culminating in his being named senior vice president and system chief medical officer.