Element Care, a nonprofit health care organization, has named Karen Turnquist, MA, OT/L, as center manager of its Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE®) in Methuen, MA. Turnquist will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the PACE center, as well as providing leadership for the interdisciplinary team.

Element Care has named Olga Kogan Tsypkin center manager at its Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE®) in Lynn, MA. She will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of PACE at Element Care at 62 Market Street in Lynn.

Kumar Vengadabady, director of quality and performance improvement for ElderONE, has been selected to participate in the 2016 Health IT Fellows Program by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

“This means access to a wealth of knowledge, tools and experiences to learn and adopt successful practices in health IT," Vengadabady said. "This is a major advantage and help to Rochester Regional’s health IT initiatives, especially long-term care.”

Charlotte Carlson, MD, MPH, associate medical director at On Lok Lifeways, in San Francisco, has been selected as a scholar for the 2016-2017 Emerging Leaders in Aging Program conducted by Tideswell at UCSF, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), and the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs.