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CenterLight Health System has hired William C. Pelzar as the organization’s first chief information officer.

Pelzar was previously the executive vice president and chief information officer at employee wellness provider Health Dialog of Boston, and has also worked at Thomson Healthcare in Montvale, NJ and Primark in Maryland. He says he plans to pursue avenues to use health information technology in care coordination for the New York-based long-term care provider.