Catalyst Healthcare CEO and leadership

Shane is a pharmacist and entrepreneur specializing in innovative patient-care models and the use of technology to improve adherence, patient health outcomes and quality measures.He created the first central-fill pharmacy in Western Canada, using automation to prepare medications in patient-specific, multi-dose packaging that eased medication administration (med-pass) for nurses in long-term care facilities. His work with these facilities sparked his vision for Catalyst, now the leading provider of electronic medication administration record (eMAR) software in Canada, with a growing global presence in pharmacies and facilities.He has consulted for North America’s largest chains and smallest independents. As chair of the advisory committee for Healthy Residential Solutions Inc (HRS) in 2009, Shane led an independent pharmacy collaborative that applied technology to ensure high-quality patient care.Shane serves as an advisor to pharmacists, government agencies and industry leaders on matters related to pharmacy technology, medication administration accuracy, adherence, patient outcomes, and related areas. He was a leading contributor to the development of centralized filling and checking legislation for the province of British Columbia.

Ron Jost is a COO at Catalyst Healthcare and is based in Boulder, Colorado. He has worked as Chief Technology Officer at QHR Technologies, Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Accelerate Okanagan, and President at Monarch Ventures. Ron studied at NAIT between 1987 and 1989, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and RED DEER COLLEGE between 1986 and 1988.

Shane is a pharmacist and entrepreneur specializing in innovative patient-care models and the use of technology to improve adherence, patient health outcomes and quality measures.He created the first central-fill pharmacy in Western Canada, using automation to prepare medications in patient-specific, multi-dose packaging that eased medication administration (med-pass) for nurses in long-term care facilities. His work with these facilities sparked his vision for Catalyst, now the leading provider of electronic medication administration record (eMAR) software in Canada, with a growing global presence in pharmacies and facilities.He has consulted for North America’s largest chains and smallest independents. As chair of the advisory committee for Healthy Residential Solutions Inc (HRS) in 2009, Shane led an independent pharmacy collaborative that applied technology to ensure high-quality patient care.Shane serves as an advisor to pharmacists, government agencies and industry leaders on matters related to pharmacy technology, medication administration accuracy, adherence, patient outcomes, and related areas. He was a leading contributor to the development of centralized filling and checking legislation for the province of British Columbia.

Shane is a pharmacist and entrepreneur specializing in innovative patient-care models and the use of technology to improve adherence, patient health outcomes and quality measures.He created the first central-fill pharmacy in Western Canada, using automation to prepare medications in patient-specific, multi-dose packaging that eased medication administration (med-pass) for nurses in long-term care facilities. His work with these facilities sparked his vision for Catalyst, now the leading provider of electronic medication administration record (eMAR) software in Canada, with a growing global presence in pharmacies and facilities.He has consulted for North America’s largest chains and smallest independents. As chair of the advisory committee for Healthy Residential Solutions Inc (HRS) in 2009, Shane led an independent pharmacy collaborative that applied technology to ensure high-quality patient care.Shane serves as an advisor to pharmacists, government agencies and industry leaders on matters related to pharmacy technology, medication administration accuracy, adherence, patient outcomes, and related areas. He was a leading contributor to the development of centralized filling and checking legislation for the province of British Columbia.