Handler comes to M*Modal with 20 years of medical informatics experience, including more than a decade of clinical practice at academic medical centers. He previously served as chief deployment architect at Microsoft's Health Solutions Group and as director of Azyxxi development at the National Institute for Medical Informatics, according to the firm. He has also been director of emergency medicine research and informatics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, where he remains an adjunct professor of emergency medicine.

In his new role, Handler will focus on the design and implementation of the company's technology.