In this episode we interview Dr. Brent James. Dr. James has been a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. He is also a Senior Advisor at the Leavitt Group and a Senior Advisor at Health Catalyst, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He holds faculty appointments at the Stanford University School of Medicine and at several other universities. He was formerly the Vice President and Chief Quality Officer at Intermountain Healthcare.
He has been honored with many awards for quality in health care delivery, including the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety & Quality Award, The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum, The C. Jackson Grayson Medal for Distinguished Quality Pioneer, The Joint Commission Earnest A. Codman Award, The National Committee for Quality Assurance Quality Award, and the American College of Medical Quality Founders' Award.
For 8 out of its first 9 years, Dr. James was named among Modern Physician's "50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare." In Modern Healthcare, he was named among the "100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare" and "25 Top Clinical Informaticists." In this episode, we discuss his leadership background, value based medicine, as well as his outlook on the future of medicine. We hope you enjoy this episode of Leading the Rounds.
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