SCAN Names Aman Bhandari CAIO to Scale AI Across Operations

SCAN Group appointed Aman Bhandari as its first Chief AI Officer, creating a new role to lead enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics strategy across the organization, the company said in a press release.

Bhandari most recently served as Vice President of Data Science at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and previously helped build the first data science team at Merck. He also held roles at the White House and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), where he worked on health data and technology policy, according to the company.

The company said Bhandari will focus on scaling AI deployments across operations and care delivery as SCAN expands its use of automation and analytics tools.

SCAN has introduced AI tools across parts of its business, including call summarization, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), and systems that summarize medical charts to support care transitions, the company said.