Donald Berwick

Donald Berwick, MD, MPP

Lecturer of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, is president emeritus and senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. A pediatrician by background, Dr. Berwick has served on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, and on the staffs of Boston's Children's Hospital Medical Center, 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 Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his work with the British National Health Service. Dr. Berwick is the author or co-author of over 160 scientific articles and six books. He currently serves as lecturer in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.

Reducing Excessive Use of Antipsychotic Agents in Nursing Homes?
Authors: Gurwitz JH, Bonner A, Berwick DM
JAMA
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Vital Directions and National Will
Authors: Berwick DM
JAMA
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A National Trauma Care System to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury: Recommendations from a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Report
Authors: Berwick DM, Downey AS, Cornett EA
JAMA
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Patient Safety at the Crossroads
Authors: Gandhi TK, Berwick DM, Shojania KG
JAMA
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Era 3 for Medicine and Health Care
Authors: Berwick DM
JAMA
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Era 3 for Medicine and Health Care
Innovations in Health Care Delivery
Authors: Berwick Donald
JAMA
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Medicare at 50: Reflections From Former CMS Administrator Donald M. Berwick
Authors: Jacob JA
JAMA
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Eliminating waste in US health care.
Authors: Berwick DM and Hackbarth AD
Journal of the American Medical Association
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New federal policy initiatives to boost health literacy can help the nation move beyond the cycle of costly “crisis care.”
Authors: Koh HK, Berwick DM, Clancy CM, et al.
Health Affairs
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