The National Quality Forum (NQF) has added seven new board members and announced Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D., Ph.D., president of clinical services and chief medical officer of Hospital Corporation of America as the new chair of its board.
The NQF is a nonprofit membership-based organization that gives healthcare stakeholders a voice in advancing quality measures and improvement strategies that lead to better outcomes and greater value.
Memphis Business Group on Health CEO Cristie Upshaw Travis joins Dr. Perlin as the board vice chair.
The new NQF board members are:
Jeffrey Brady, M.D., M.P.H. – Designee for Gopal Khanna, MBA, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Dr. Brady has served as the director of AHRQ's Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety since 2014. He is as a member of the AHRQ senior leadership team and leads a part of the agency that conducts several AHRQ programs, including: Patient Safety Research, Healthcare-Associated Infections Prevention, Patient Safety Organization Program, National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Report (NHQDR) Program, and measurement initiatives such as the AHRQ Quality Indicators and the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey resources.
Susan B. Frampton, Ph.D. – President, Planetree International Dr. Frampton is president of Planetree International, a nonprofit advocacy and membership organization working to implement person-centered models of care. She speaks internationally on culture change and the patient experience.
Garth Graham, M.D., M.P.H., Vice President of Community Health & Impact, CVS Health, President, Aetna Foundation
Dr. Graham is a cardiologist, public health expert, and a leading authority on social determinants of health. He oversees the community health initiatives for CVS Health, bringing his experience as a former deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Obama and Bush administrations, where he also ran the Office of Minority Health.
Thomas Kottke, M.D., M.S.P.H. – Medical Director for Well-being, HealthPartners
Dr. Kottke is a clinical cardiologist in HealthPartners Medical Group and a researcher at the HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research in addition to serving as Medical Director for Well-being at HealthPartners. He is board certified in internal medicine and the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and holds the academic rank of Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota.
Kameron Leigh Matthews, M.D., J.D., – Deputy Undersecretary for Health for Community Care, Department of Veterans Affairs
Dr. Matthews is a board-certified family physician, advocate, and policy maker with a career focus on underserved patient populations. Overseeing a national budget of more than $14 billion, she is responsible for the community-based provider network and services that increase access to care for Veterans and select family members nationwide, as well as the associated business processes including claims operations and management, revenue cycle, and quality oversight.
Shannon Connor Phillips, M.D., M.P.H. – Chief Patient Experience Officer, Intermountain Healthcare
Dr. Phillips leads the office of patient experience at Intermountain Healthcare, the largest integrated healthcare delivery system in the Intermountain West, a team catalyzing safety, quality, and experience of care. Prior to joining Intermountain, she served as Cleveland Clinic’s first patient safety officer and as associate chief quality officer.
Lisa Woods – Senior Director, U.S. Strategy & Design of Benefits for Walmart Stores Inc.
Ms. Woods is a nationally recognized innovator and thought leader in healthcare.
“The diverse composition of our board is central to NQF’s commitment to drive multiple perspectives into actions that create measurable health improvements for every person,” said NQF President and CEO Shantanu Agrawal, M.D., in a statement. “We are excited to enter the new year with board members focused on tackling national health needs.”
