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Panelists:
Dr. Peter Pronovost, Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer at University Hospitals, is a world-renowned patient safety champion. His work has earned him a MacArthur "genius grant" and a spot on Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.
At UH, Dr. Pronovost developed a management system to make defects in value visible and deployed a management and accountability system to eliminate those defects. This system reduced the annual cost of care for Medicare patients by 30% over three years while improving quality. In 2022, Dr. Pronovost lead the efforts that culminated in University Hospitals winning the American Hospital Association’s Quest for Quality prize, the industry’s most prestigious honor recognizing its member organizations for their commitment to quality.
Dr. Patrick Runnels is Chief Medical Officer for the Veale Healthcare Transformation Institute and Co‑Principal Investigator on a John Templeton Foundation grant focused on studying and disseminating frameworks for transformational leadership in healthcare.
Previously, he served as Chief Medical Officer of Population Health, during which time University Hospitals ranked among the most successful Accountable Care Organizations in the nation, generating nearly $200 million in shared savings.
Claudia Douglass is a Managing Director at Manatt Health. She has spent her career transforming healthcare provider organizations toward profitable growth as a Strategy and Operations Executive and Consultant for over 30 years. She specializes in developing and leading complex strategic initiatives across multiple business units, primarily in the areas of strategic growth, leadership/governance operating model/culture, operational transformation/performance improvement, digital transformation/virtual/hybrid care, population health and consumer and teammate experience.
She has worked alongside Dr. Pronovost and Dr. Runnels at University Hospitals Health System as they lead the transformation at their health system, which includes their medical centers and health network.
Dr. Craig Jones serves on the VHC911 Board of Directors and was previously the Executive Director of the Blueprint for Health, Vermont's multi-payer healthcare transformation focused on advanced community-oriented primary care. He is currently working with the VT Agency of Human Services supporting Vermont's healthcare transformation initiatives, including working with hospitals on regional transformation. Craig has published in a number of journals, served on committees with the National Academy of Medicine, and on the faculty of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.
The event is free, RSVP appreciated.
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