AT&T Healthcare Team

AT&T understands the demands facing healthcare today. Our team of dedicated professionals know that healthcare organizations require quality healthcare solutions which include reducing medical errors, secure access to electronic medical records and personal health records, increased patient safety, and physician, employee, and patient satisfaction. Supported by dedicated sales teams, our experienced healthcare team of Advocates, Sales and Marketing professionals is here to assist providers, payers and care givers with the right information to make critical IT decisions that impact the delivery of care today and in the future. Their expertise and background in the healthcare industry allows them to see business challenges from your perspective, and they can provide specific thought leadership in developing solutions to those challenges.

Read about out Healthcare Team members:

Adena Handly - Healthcare Director -  AT&T, Inc.
Adena Handly, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, is Healthcare Director for AT&T Southwest. She is a former hospital CIO with over 15 years of experience in healthcare informatics. Her commitment to promoting technology as a tool to increase quality patient outcomes is seen through her accomplishments of designing and managing HIT networks, implementing personal health records, electronic medical records, health information systems and promoting the development of RHIOs. She is the President of the Arkansas HIMSS chapter and has served on the national HIMSS Personal Health Records committee. Read More.

Adena Handly.

Bill Paschall - Director of Healthcare Applications- AT&T, Inc.
William (Bill) Paschall is Director of Healthcare Applications for AT&T Southwest. He has over 23 years experience in the health care industry with direct experience from the operating room to administration, and has designed, implemented, installed and integrated diagnostic and clinical solutions. Bill's expertise and knowledge in establishing and expanding telehealth networks including telemedicine, teleradiology, telemonitoring, and telemanagement. Bill's experience includes matching ATT's customers current and future Telecommunications, IT Infrastructure, and Network Management needs with best of breed solutions. He has consulted with many US and International telemedicine programs on site expansion, medical specialty applications, product and software integration, videoconferencing, and other issues. Read More.

Bill Paschall

Ralph Randall, FHIMSS - Director, Healthcare/Pharmaceutical Vertical - SCG
Ralph Randall has been in the I/T industry since 1972, and healthcare vertical market since 1989. He has direct experience implementing technology solutions to support telemedicine & teleradiology, and has developed and implemented Integrated Delivery Networks providing additional application solutions specific to the Healthcare Industry such as PACS, EMR, patient satisfaction and outcomes measurement, community health information networks and other applications requiring the integration of voice, image, video and data networking. Read more.

Ralph Randall

Patrick D. Pothier, Director, Healthcare, AT&T Business Marketing
Mr. Pothier, Director - Healthcare Segment Marketing for AT&T's Business Marketing organization, has been in the communications business with AT&T since 1977. He is an authority in voice and data communications, with an emphasis on designing and implementing medical focused application solutions and regional health information networks. Read More.

Patrick D. Pothier.
Diane Turcan, Director, Healthcare Marketing
Diane Turcan is a former CEO and Nurse Executive for Mercy Health with over twenty years experience in the development of advanced information technology applications and solutions for healthcare. She directed BellSouth's vertical healthcare marketing program for the past ten years and now leads the development of product and application solutions, strategic marketing, and alliance programs for the medical industry at AT&T. Read more.		 Diane Turcan.
Melinda Cisneros, Healthcare Director
Melinda Cisneros is a Healthcare Director for AT&T. She brings ten years of experience in healthcare information services, most recently as an Account Executive with BJC HealthCare in St. Louis, Mo. Read more.		 Melinda Cisneros.
Linda Rader, Healthcare Director
Linda Rader, RN, MSN, CPHIMS, is a Healthcare Director for AT&T in Dallas, Tx. She has over 30 years experience in acute care, managed care, and Healthcare IT. Read more.		 Linda Rader.
Ryan Smith, National Sales Manager, Healthcare Solutions Sales
Ryan offers over 16 years experience in sales, sales management, project management and marketing of which he has over 12 years of hospital based account management and solution sales. Ryan has spent the last six years working in the wireless sector. Read more.		 Ryan Smith.