Dr Thomas H. HALE

Dr Hale, MD, is executive medical director for Mercy’s Telehealth Services, a position he assumed in June 2009. In this role, Dr Hale is leading the development of new ways to effectively and efficiently deliver health care to Mercy communities, large and small. This new care model combines people and technology to extend Mercy’s reach and services beyond the walls of doctors’offices, hospital campuses and other traditional facilities.

Prior to being named to his current position, Dr Hale maintained a patient practice for 23 years and served as president of Mercy Medical Group for 15 years. He and other area physicians established this integrated primary care group in association with Mercy in 1994. Today, this group is part of Mercy Clinic that includes 1,700 Mercy primary and specialty care physicians who serve patients across four states.

Dr Hale served as the physician leader for Mercy’s implementation of a fully integrated electronic health record system covering more than 20 hospitals and 500 ambulatory sites.

Dr Hale holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Saint Louis University. He attended the University of Missouri-Columbia Medical School. He completed his internal medicine internship and residency at Mercy Hospital St. Louis. In 2011, he earned a Master’s degree in medical informatics from Northwestern University.