For more information, contact:
Susan Burns / MPRO
(248) 465-7375 / sburns@mpro.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 30, 2007

New Hires and Appointments at Farmington Hills based MPRO

(Farmington Hills, MI)- MPRO, Michigan’s Healthcare Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Organization hired Ashok Parikh, BS, MBA, to serve as the company’s chief financial officer.  The Farmington Hills based company also hired Susan Siwek, MS, as director of human resources.

In addition, the following MPRO employees have been promoted; Angela Bullock, MHSA, to director, external quality review; Kathleen Newman, BA, to director, contract management.

MPRO is a recognized leader in healthcare quality improvement and patient safety initiatives across the continuum of care.  MPRO is further involved in utilization review, data analysis, research, clinical outreach, and consumer health education.  MPRO works in collaboration with federal and state agencies and private industry to improve the quality, safety and delivery of healthcare.

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About MPRO

Founded in 1984, Farmington Hills based MPRO employs more than 130 healthcare professionals including nurses, doctors, data abstraction experts and health informatics and information technology specialists.  MPRO is involved with many projects and services to assist Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and health care professionals to improve the quality, safety and delivery of healthcare.