The Joint Commission Benchmark
is a newsletter for the performance measurement/improvement
professional who wants to keep up-to-date on the latest performance
measurement and improvement trends and activities. This newsletter is
published 6 times yearly and offers not only current information on
performance measurement and improvement but keeps you informed of the
current happenings at The Joint Commission regarding ORYX®
requirements, standards-based performance measurement requirements, and
other industry news.
Senior Editor: Audrie Bretl
Senior Project Manager: Cheryl Firestone
Manager, Publications: Paul Reis
Executive Director of Publications: Catherine Chopp Hinckley, Ph.D.
Vice President, Learning: Charles Macfarlane, F.A.C.H.E.
The Joint Commission Benchmark Editorial Advisory Board is listed below.
Editorial Policy
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construed as disapproval.
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Department of Publications
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Editorial Advisory Board
The 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.
For questions regarding the content of Benchmark, please contact:
Audrie Bretl, Senior Editor
Joint Commission Resources
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181
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benchmark@jcrinc.com
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