North Kansas City Hospital CEO and leadership

Peggy Schmitt is a President/CEO at North Kansas City Hospital. She has worked as VP/General Counsel at North Kansas City Hospital. Peggy attended YALE LAW SCHOOL and UMKC.

Mr. Doug Abel and his team are responsible for the comprehensive, collaborative on-time deployment of Netsmart solutions for client organizations across the country. Prior to joining Netsmart, Mr. Abel served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Anne Arundel Health System (AAHS) in Annapolis, Maryland. At AAHS, he was responsible for all IT activities, including software applications, telecommunications, health information management and biomedical engineering as well as all supply chain functions. He has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare information systems management. Prior to joining AAHS, Mr. Abel was Vice President at Cerner Corporation, where he led a large-scale consulting organization that deployed healthcare automation resulting in clinical transformation at academic medical centers, integrated delivery networks (IDNs) and community hospitals. Mr. Abel has also served as Senior Director at HCIA and held director positions at the University of Maryland Medical System and Ferranti Healthcare Systems. Mr. Abel earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Elizabethtown College and a Masters in Business Administration degree from Loyola College in Maryland, graduating with honors (Beta Gamma Sigma). He served on the board of directors of the Maryland Chapter of HIMSS and as a member of CHIME, serving on its Advocacy Leadership Committee. Mr. Abel has also served on the board of directors of the Northland Chamber of Commerce in Kansas City, Missouri and the First Hand Foundation.

Jim Stewart, MD, CHCQM is a Chief Medical Officer at North Kansas City Hospital and is based in Kansas City, Missouri. He has worked as Medical Director of Case Management at North Kansas City Hospital and General Internal Medicine Physician at Northland Internal Medicine. Jim studied at St Louis University Medical School between 1979 and 1983.