Nashville General Hospital recently named Eric Stephens, CAP, chief analytics officer. Stephens will serve as a key member of the hospital's executive leadership team, working to direct and implement population health initiatives and to form a robust data infrastructure to provide accurate, intelligent analysis.

Previously, Stephens was manager of population health analytics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he led a team of analysts and developers who created and implemented solutions to support population health management for both the hospital and the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network. He is an adjunct professor at Lipscomb University and a member of the Nashville Technology Council Steering Committee. Stephens holds an MBA from Tennessee Tech, as well as a graduate certificate in applied statistics from the University of Tennessee.