Shimek joins DAS as COO

TAMPA — Doctors Administrative Solutions, a Tampa company, named Jennifer Shimek as its newest chief operating officer today.

Shimek is the former Director of Clinical Services and Managed Care at HealthPoint Medical Group, a Tampa-based medical practice with more than 120 physicians within its system. She also previously worked as chief operating officer for the Florida Orthopaedic Institute, which operates throughout the Tampa area, and as a healthcare consultant for Ernst & Young.

Doctors Administrative Solutions was created in 2003 to help West Central Florida's physicians running private practices implement new systems to improve their businesses, including the use of electronic health records.