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Rite Aid Appoints Steve Rempel CIO for Digital Health Expansion

by HITC Staff 04/23/2015 Leave a Comment

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Steve Rompel
Steve Rompel

This week, Rite Aid announced it has appointed Steve Rempel vice president and chief information officer. Under the new postition, Rempel will have responsibility for all aspects of the company’s technology and information operations, including computer systems, network infrastructure, telecommunications and data security as well as the continued development and execution of Rite Aid’s immediate and long-term information technology strategy. Rempel will report to Frank Vitrano, Rite Aid’s senior executive vice president and chief administrative officer.

In this position, Rempel will have responsibility for all aspects of the company’s technology and information operations, including computer systems, network infrastructure, telecommunications and data security as well as the continued development and execution of Rite Aid’s immediate and long-term information technology strategy.  Part of this strategy includes plans to build 450 new stores that offer health kiosks providing glucose tests, prescriptions and patient health information. Last year, the company announced it would pilot HealthSpot’s enclosed telemedicine kiosks in select Ohio stores in Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Dayton and Springfield.

Rempel will report to Frank Vitrano, Rite Aid’s senior executive vice president and chief administrative officer.

Before joining Rite Aid, Rempel served as chief information officer, president and CEO for Lenexa, Kan.,-based Balance Innovations, the leading provider of reconciliation and cash management solutions for the retail industry. During his tenure at Balance Innovations, he had oversight for the company’s technology strategy and provided strategic, financial and operational direction.

Rempel began his career at Safeway, Inc., one of the nation’s largest food and drug retailers. During his 35 years at Safeway, Rempel held a variety of information technology positions with increasing responsibility. Serving as the organization’s group vice president of Application Development, he had enterprise-wide responsibility for all elements of the information technology applications process, including design, development, procurement, development and support.

Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation’s leading drugstore chains with nearly 4,600 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia and fiscal 2015 annual revenues of $26.5 billion. 

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