Connect Software Gateway Loses Top Two Managers

The top two managers of the Connect exchange gateway are leaving the pioneering federal health information exchange (HIE) program as it sets new directions to advance the adoption of health information exchange for meaningful use.

Dave Riley, an independent consultant who is the Connect program’s lead technical manager, and Vanessa Manchester, an independent consultant who is Connect’s program manager, will be leaving by the beginning of December, according to a federal agency advisor. Both have helped shepherd the Connect exchange development community since 2007.