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Appendix K Biographical Sketches
Appendix K Biographical Sketches
Pages 322-344
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During those 121/2 years the foundation developed new programs in substance abuse prevention and treatment, care at the end of life, and health insurance expansion for children, among others. In 1999, it reorganized into health and health care groups, reflecting the twin components of its mission.
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He is clinical professor of pediatrics and health care policy at the Harvard Medical School and professor of health policy and management at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is also a pediatrician, an associate in pediatrics at Boston's Children's Hospital, and a consultant in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Bradley, M.B.A.,* is director of Health Plan Strategy and Public Policy, Health Care Initiatives, for General Motors Corporation in Pontiac, Michigan.
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From 1997 to 2000, she served as administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) , which is now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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regions and among health care providers. Richard G
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He is a co-founder of the Leapfrog Group, founder of Bridges to Excellence, and member of the Advisory Group of the Council on Health Care Economics and Policy.
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She works extensively with VHA's 2,400 member health care organizations and 18 local offices to help hospitals measure and improve clinical quality.
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APPENDIX K 329 systems to support people facing serious health problems such as cancer. His randomized controlled trials and field tests help understand acceptance, use and impact of eHealth on quality of life, behavior change and health services utilization.
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In the late 1980s, he was executive director of University Health Care, an organization affiliated with the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His practice experience as a primary care physician included eight years at the Freeport Clinic in Freeport, Illinois, and three and half years as clinical assistant professor in medicine at the University of Wisconsin.
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He is a past member of the National Quality Forum's Strategic Framework Board, and sits on the board of trustees of the National Patient Safety Foundation. He serves on a number of other boards for not-for-profit health care institutions with missions directed at measuring and improving the quality and availability of health care services.
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Mr. Levin was a member of the IOM's Committee on the Quality of Health Care that published the To Err Is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm reports.
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Dr. Mays has published more than 40 journal articles, books, and chapters on issues involving public health systems, health insurance, and safety-net health care programs for the uninsured.
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Dr. Milstein's work and publications focus on health care purchasing strategy, clinical performance measurement, and the psychology of clinical performance improvement.
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She serves on several task forces for the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, is a member of the FDA Circulatory System Devices Advisory Panel, the Massachusetts Cardiac Care Quality Advisory Commission, and is Director of Mass-DAC, a data coordinating center that monitors the quality of cardiac surgeries and coronary interventions in Massachusetts' acute care hospitals.
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He serves on the boards of Allied Health Care Products, Angelica Corporation, TIAA-CREF Trust Company, Research! America (vice chair)
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of Madison, WI, since 1993. The Alliance is a health care purchasing cooperative owned by more than 160 member companies that contracts with providers, collects and reports cost and utilization data, conducts consumer education and advocacy initiatives, and designs employer quality initiatives and reports.
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GHC is one of the the nation's largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care systems. Prior to assuming her position in 1997, Scott served as GHC's executive vice president/chief operating officer.
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His research has helped establish determinants of health outcomes and quality of care for health care organizations. As the Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, Shortell holds a joint appointment at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health and the Haas School of Business.
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Dr. Wallace is a member of the National Advisory Council for AHRQ, a member of the Committee on Performance Measurement for the National Committee for Quality Assurance, and a board member for the Disease Management Association of America.
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Dr. Wilensky is an elected member of the IOM and its Governing Council, and serves as a trustee of the Combined Benefits Fund of the United Mineworkers of America, the American Heart Association, and is on the Advisory Board of the National Institute of Health Care Management.
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In completing her studies, she interned with both the Michigan Department of Community Health and the American Heart Association to promote the study of chronic disease and disease prevention. Contessa Fincher, Ph.D., M.P.H., was a program officer with the Board on Health Care Services of the IOM from 2004 until July 2005.
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Previously, she was a policy specialist at a national association representing nonprofit providers of long-term care services. Her earlier positions included policy analysis and management with the office of the secretary, DHHS; a peer-review organization; a governor's task force on access to health care; and a third-party administrator for very large health plans.
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