QHR Announces New Chief Operating Officer

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Al Hildebrandt, President & CEO of QHR Software, is pleased to announce the appointment of Larry Smith to the role of Chief Operating Officer.

Larry has held senior management positions, including COO and President, with several companies of similar or larger size in Kelowna. He has experience with staff scheduling, payroll, human resources, and financial applications and has been involved in the healthcare IT industry for over 20 years.

For the past several years, Larry has provided professional consulting services throughout the Okanagan. As a consultant, Larry has worked with a number of companies assisting them in the mission of ‘building great companies’. He has recently developed market assessments and strategies for both QHR Software and Optimed Software providing him with indepth knowledge of our company and direction.

Larry has a B.Sc. in Health Information Science from UVIC, an MBA from UBC and is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC). He was the founding chair of OSTEC, a board member of the EDC, was co-chair of the local ACETECH, and a past member of the Science Council of B.C.

Al Hildebrandt says, “Larry joins us at an opportune time to help guide QHR to new heights and continue to strengthen the company. We are confident he will provide exceptional leadership and assist QHR with the ‘next stage’ of our growth in spite of turbulent economic times.”

About QHR Software Inc.
QHR Software Inc. develops, implements and supports Quadrant HR™, a configurable, MIS compliant,HRIS software solution that integrates Human Resources, Staff Scheduling and Payroll transactions into a single database.

Designed for organizations in Canadian Healthcare and the Social Services sector, Quadrant HR™ simplifies the administration of human capital in simple to complex multi-site, multi-position, multi-contract workplace environments. Quadrant HR™ helps streamline people and payment processes allowing clients to focus on improving patient care.