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“ Tivity Health works hand-in-hand with its members , clients , partners and customers to create everyday opportunities for long-lasting health and vitality ”
— Paul Edmisten Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer , Tivity Health
organization .” In the summer of 2015 , Edmisten became involved with the company following Alvarez and Marsal ’ s partnership with Healthways to restructure the company and to set a course for the future . “ As I partnered with the executive management team , the board and Donato Tramuto , CEO of Healthways – and today CEO of Tivity Health – as the newly appointed CIO , we eliminated tens of millions of dollars in operating expenses , and ultimately landed on three options to move the company forward . They included continuing to work with the existing business units and products , managed through continuous change and transformation ( the long-haul approach ). The short approach was to shut down underperforming business units of the total population health business , and the third approach was to sell the total population health business .” Small parts of the business were sold leading up to July 2016 , when Healthways successfully sold its total population health services business to Sharecare . In January 2017 , Healthways rebranded as Tivity Health . “ With the launch of Tivity Health and its divesture of the
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