The National Quality Forum elected leaders as well as new members for its board of directors. Jim Chase, senior advisor of the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, and Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD, president of clinical services and CMO for Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare will serve as chair and vice-chair, respectively.
Mr. Chase formerly served as president of Minnesota Community Measurement and director of health purchasing for government programs administered by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Dr. Perlin has prior experience as former undersecretary of health at the Veterans Health Administration. They will lead the board through 2019.
Former Board Chair Bruce Siegel, MD, will continue to serve on the NQF board through 2019.
The NQF also named four new at-large members to its board, who will serve three-year terms:
• Martha Gaines, founder and director of Madison, Wis.-based Center for Patient Partnerships
• Carolyn Pare, president and CEO of the Minnesota Health Action Group
• Adam Thompson, regional partner director of the South Jersey Local Performance Site of the Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center
• Knitasha Washington, executive director of Consumers Advancing Patient Safety
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