Patrick Grotton

Patrick joined GLFHC in 2004 as the organizations inaugural CIO. He was the CIO at Mercy Health System of Maine prior to joining GLFHC. He has worked closely with the GLFHC team to strategically direct them in the use of automation within the healthcare environment including completing the adoption of the MiSYS EMR and the eventual transition to the current Centricity EMR and Practice Management Systems. He has also provided the direction in the growth and development of the pharmacy program to expand GLFHC’s ability to deliver care to the Merrimack Valley. He received an Outstanding Executive Leader Award in 2012 for his work in the pharmacy program. He has a BS in Business Administration with honors with concentrations in Marketing and Management from the University of Maine and a MBA from Babson College. He holds a CPHIMS certification with HIMSS.

Patrick also is a Senior Adjunct Professor at the University of Lowell where he has developed and instructs several Master’s courses in Health Informatics and Management. For his work with the University of Massachusetts Lowell, he received the Distinguished Service Award in 2013.