Highlights: 2012 Leape Institute Forum & Gala
Dr. Donald Berwick addressing the Leape Institute Forum & Gala at the State Room in Boston, September 13, 2012.
The 5th Annual Lucian Leape Institute Forum & Gala was held on Thursday, September 13, 2012, with keynote speaker Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP.
Dr. Berwick is the former president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, an organization that he co-founded and led for more than 20 years. In July 2010, President Obama appointed Dr. Berwick to the position of administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a position he held until December 2011.
A pediatrician by training, Dr. Berwick has served on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, and on the staffs of Boston Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He has also served as vice chair of the US Preventive Services Task Force; the first “independent member” of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees; and chair of the National Advisory Council of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He served two terms on the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Governing Council, was a member of the IOM’s Global Health Board, and served on President Clinton’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry.
Recognized as a leading authority on health care quality and improvement, Dr. Berwick has received numerous awards for his contributions. In 2005, he was appointed Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire by the Queen of England in recognition of his work with the British National Health Service. Dr. Berwick is the author or co-author of more than 150 scientific articles and four books.
His address at the Leape Institute Gala focused on the need for communities, organizations, and others to innovate in the areas of patient safety and health care quality.
The afternoon forum touched upon the transforming concepts identified by the Leape Institute as areas of needed change to advance patient safety. Read the P.S. Blog post about part of the discussion.
