Joint Commission Benchmark Editorial Advisory Board (in alphabetical order)
Arnold M. Epstein, M.D., M.A., is Chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard University School of Public Health where he is the John H. Foster Professor. He is also Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Section on Health Services and Policy Research in the Department of Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Linda S. Hanold, M.H.S.A., is the Director of the Department of Performance Measurement and Health Informatics at the Joint Commission. Hanold also serves as vice-chair of the National Coordinating Council on Medication Error Reporting and Prevention.
Ellen T. Kurtzman, R.N., M.P.H., is an Assistant Research Professor at The George Washington University. Kurtzman also serves as an examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and as an examiner for the U.S. Senate Productivity and Maryland Quality awards.
Jerod M. Loeb, Ph.D., is Executive Vice President, Division of Research at the Joint Commission. Loeb is also an Adjunct Professor of Physiology at Northwestern University Medical School and an Adjunct Associate for the Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research at Stanford University.
David. B. Nash, M.D., M.B.A., is the Chairman of the Department of Health Policy at Thomas Jefferson University. Nash is also on the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Partnerships in Quality Education program.
Sheila H. Roman, M.D., M.P.H., is the Senior Medical Officer in the Quality Measurement and Health Assessment Group at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Roman maintains her clinical practice at Johns Hopkins University Hospital where she is also an Associate Professor of Medicine.
Sharon L. Sprenger, R.H.I.A., C.P.H.Q., M.P.A., is the Project Director, Group on Performance Measurement at the Joint Commission. Sprenger has worked with National Quality Forum staff on the Hospital Care National Performance Measure and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality staff on the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse.
Douglas L. Wood, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.C., is Vice-Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, and a practicing cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic. Wood was appointed by the Minnesota governor to the Minnesota Citizens Forum on Health Care Costs and is a charter member of the Performance Measurement Advisory Council of the Joint Commission.