New York, November 5th / PRNewswire / -- Navina Today, we announce the appointment of Dr. Joshua Newman as Chief Medical Officer. Navina is a clinical intelligence platform company driven by AI. Dr. Newman is a physician who has been building medical technology on an enterprise scale for the past twenty years. He will be responsible for defining Navina's clinical vision and will serve as the company's clinical spokesperson to customers, partners, and the broader medical industry.
Navina indicates that at the time of Newman's joining, the company was in a phase of rapid growth. The platform has expanded to include over 20,000 clinical doctors and nursing team members in more than 1,300 clinics across the United States, supporting the care of over 5 million patients.
The addition of Newman has brought a rare combination of experience to Navina: not only does he have a background as a frontline clinician, but he also has executive experience within one of the largest enterprise software companies in the world, where he was responsible for expanding medical technology business. He has worked at Salesforce for nearly 14 years, serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, as well as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Medical and Life Sciences, in charge of building the company's medical business and its relationships with medical systems and payers. Recently, he has taken on the role of Chief Strategy Officer at Alleviate.care, a doctor-led hospice and palliative care organization. His career began in clinical practice, and he has also served as an assistant professor at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Navina, Co-Founder and CEO, stated: "Dr. Newman possesses profound expertise and a strong commitment to driving technological advancements in the healthcare industry, which aligns perfectly with Navina's next phase of growth and development. Dr. Newman understands the technology needs of clinicians because he has personally experienced all aspects of such communication. As Navina continues to grow, he will help ensure that the clinician's perspective remains at the core of our product development and its implementation in clinical settings."
At Navina, Dr. Newman will be responsible for overseeing and driving the implementation and adoption of the platform, and will work directly with the doctors and nursing teams using the platform to transform their experiences into a product roadmap. He will also collaborate with the marketing team at Navina to provide direct support to current and potential customers, and will represent the company in ongoing industry discussions surrounding the adoption of AI and how technology can contribute to better population health and patient outcomes.
Newman The doctor stated, "Value-oriented healthcare requires clinicians to take action on information scattered across thousands of pages of medical records, yet when they do so, they are burdened by paperwork. Navina This issue has been addressed at the point of care and within work processes, which is also why clinicians actually use it. I joined because the team is focused on making doctors' days easier and patient care more effective."
For more information about the Navina and its AI driven clinical intelligence platform, please visit www.navina.ai.
About Navina
Navina is reshaping population health by driving clinical and financial outcomes with every interaction between patients and clinicians. Navina natively embedded into clinical workflows, its AI provides clinical intelligence for healthcare providers and nursing teams, supporting more confident, data-driven decisions and accurate documentation. By implementing proactive care from the outset and eliminating costly post-event processes, Navina it enhances value-oriented medical performance while reducing administrative burdens. With an industry-leading 86% adoption rate, Navina it is trusted by leading institutions such as Privia Health, agilon, health, and Summit Health, impacting the lives of millions of patients. The company was named the KLAS Best Clinical Doctor Digital Workflow Product of 2025, selected as one of Time Magazine's Global Top Health Tech Companies of 2026, and won the AI Impact Award from Newsweek in 2026.
Media contact: Dana Naim, dana.naim @ navina.ai
