David Rhew, MD
Vice President of Client Services and Vice President of Content Development
David Rhew, MD is the vice president of client services and the vice president content development at Zynx Health.
Dr. Rhew is currently an associate clinical professor of medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. He has served as a consultant for the RAND Corporation and works as a clinician/researcher in the Division of Infectious Diseases for the Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and as a faculty member for the UCLA Affiliated Program in Infectious Diseases Fellowship. He has served as the principal investigator for a research project sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services evaluating the implementation of standing order protocols for improving vaccination rates in nursing homes.
Dr. Rhew’s research interests include developing and implementing clinical practice guidelines, evaluating quality of care and methods for changing healthcare provider behavior, and applying medical informatics to clinical settings. Dr. Rhew has published several articles on these topics in peer-reviewed journals, including JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Archives of Internal Medicine, Chest, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and the Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement.
He received his bachelor of science degrees in computer science and cellular molecular biology from the University of Michigan. He received his MD degree from Northwestern University and completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in health services research at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Rhew also completed fellowship training in infectious diseases at UCLA.
Souban Houn
Senior Manager, Client Implementation and Training
Souban Houn is the senior manager of client implementation and training for Zynx Health. Since joining Zynx in November 2000, Souban has supported Zynx in servicing client organizations, helping them improve their organizational quality through the use of Zynx content tools. Souban earned her BS degree in Business Management at Arizona State University.