The Nemours Foundation is a non-profit organization in Jacksonville,Florida,created through the last will and testament of philanthropist Alfred I. du Pont by his widow Jessie Ball duPont in 1936,and dedicated to improving the health of children. The Foundation operates Nemours Children’s Health,among America’s largest multi-state,multi-hospital health systems dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. The Nemours Children’s model of health includes pediatric clinical care,research,medical education,policy,prevention and population health.
The Priscilla Chan and MarkZuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG) is a public hospital in San Francisco,California,under the purview of the city's Department of Public Health. It serves as the only Level I trauma center for the 1.5 million residents of San Francisco and northern San Mateo County. It is the largest acute inpatient and rehabilitation hospital for psychiatric patients in the city. Additionally,it is the only acute hospital in San Francisco that provides 24-hour psychiatric emergency services.
Judith A. Salerno,MD,MS is a physician executive and the President of the New York Academy of Medicine.
Lisa A. Cooper is an American internal medicine and public health physician who is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Equity in Health and Healthcare at Johns Hopkins University,jointly appointed in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and in the departments of Health,Behavior and Society,Health Policy and Management;Epidemiology;and International Health in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the James F. Fries Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine,Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity,and Director of the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute. Cooper is also a Gilman Scholar and a core faculty member in the Welch Center for Prevention,Epidemiology,and Clinical Research. She is internationally recognized for her research on the impact of race,ethnicity and gender on the patient-physician relationship and subsequent health disparities. She is a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). In 2007,she received a MacArthur Fellowship.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is a United States–based non-profit institute created through the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It is a government-sponsored organization charged with funding Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) that assists consumers,clinicians,purchasers,and policymakers to make informed decisions intended to improve health care at both the individual and population levels,according to the Institute of Medicine. Medicare considers the Institute's research in determining what sorts of therapies it will cover,although the institute's authorizing legislation set certain limits on uses of the research by federal health agencies.
Patient-centered outcomes are results of health care that can be obtained from a healthcare professional's ability to care for their patients and their patient's families in ways that are meaningful,valuable and helpful to the patient. Patient-centered outcomes focus attention on a patient's beliefs,opinions,and needs in conjunction with a physician's medical expertise and assessment. In the United States,the growth of the healthcare industry has put pressure on providers to see more patients in less time,fill out paperwork in a timely manner,and stay current on the ever-changing medical advancements that occur daily. This increased pressure on healthcare workers has put stress on the provider-patient relationship. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is a United States Government funded research institute that funds studies that compare healthcare options to find out what options and situations work best for patients of different circumstances. PCORI uses their research to increase the quality of healthcare and push the healthcare system towards a more patient-centered approach. The Beryl Institute,a non-profit institute dedicated to the improvement of patient experience through Evidence-based research,released data that found that over 90% of patients believe patient-centered outcomes to be "extremely important" to their healthcare experience. Individuals that participated in this study by the Beryl Institute claimed that the aspects of healthcare that they see as most influential to their healthcare experience include effective communication,pain management,a clear and well-explained plan of care and a clean and comfortable environment. In addition to this data,women were found to have the largest issues with lack of patient-centered care,reporting higher rates of pain and less empathy than men.
Consuelo H. Wilkins is an American physician,biomedical researcher,and health equity expert. She is Senior Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is a professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine,Division of Geriatrics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and has a joint appointment at Meharry Medical College. She additionally serves as one of the principal investigators of the Vanderbilt Clinical and Translational Science Award,Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core (CTSA) and as vice president for Health Equity at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Terri H. Finkel is an American pediatric rheumatologist and immunologist who is the Children's Foundation of Memphis Endowed Chair and tenured professor of pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Previously,she was the pediatrician-in-chief,chair of pediatrics and chief scientific officer at Nemours Children's Hospital. She is known for her research into autoimmunity,AIDS,juvenile rheumatoid arthritis,lupus,and cancer. Her work has been recognized in more than 200 publications,10 U.S. patents,and 4 licensed technologies. Finkel has been placed in the top one percent of American pediatric rheumatologists by U.S. News &World Report. Her numerous honors include being named among America's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly every year since 2011 and induction into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1996.
Valerie Montgomery Rice is an American obstetrician,gynecologist,and college administrator. She is the president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine.
SreyRam Kuy is a Cambodian American surgeon,writer,researcher,and healthcare executive.
Thea L. James is an American emergency medical physician as well as an Associate Professor,Associate Chief Medical Officer,and Vice President of the Mission at the Boston Medical Center in Boston,Massachusetts.
Nemours Children's Hospital,Florida (NCHFL) is a freestanding,130-bed,pediatric acute care children's hospital located in Lake Nona Medical City in Orlando,Florida. It is affiliated with the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and is a member of the Nemours Children's Health,one of two freestanding hospitals in the system. The hospital,a multi-year recipient of The Leapfrog Award for quality and safety,provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants,children,teens,and young adults aged 0–21 throughout Central Florida and beyond. It features a regional pediatric intensive-care unit,neonatal intensive care units,and cardiac intensive care unit,serving both central Florida and the greater Florida regions.
Jacqueline Nwando Olayiwola is an American family physician,public health professional,author,professor,and women's empowerment leader. She is the Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer of Humana and a chair and Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Prior to her appointment at OSU,she served as the inaugural Chief Clinical Transformation Officer for RubiconMD,an eConsult platform that improves primary care access to specialty care for underserved patients. Olayiwola is dedicated to serving marginalized patient populations and addressing the social determinants through community and technology-based infrastructures of healthcare reform. She has published articles on the use of eConsults and telehealth to provide underserved patients with primary care treatments so that they have a low cost and efficient means of reaching specialized care. Olayiwola has founded numerous non-profits and healthcare start-ups such as GIRLTALK Inc,Inspire Health Solutions LLC,and the Minority Women Professionals are MVPs Program. She has been recognized at the national and international level for her work and efforts to educate,advocate and provide healthcare to those in need. She was named Woman of the Year by the American Telemedicine Association in 2019,and received the Public Health Innovator Award from Harvard School of Public Health in 2019,as well as being named one of America's Top Family Doctors from 2007 to 2008 by the Consumers Research Council of America.
Katrina Alison Armstrong is an American internist. She is the chief executive officer of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Armstrong is the first woman to lead Columbia's medical school and medical center. She was the first woman to hold the position of Physician-in-Chief at Massachusetts General Hospital and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2013 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.
Kimberly Sherell Johnson is an American clinical investigator. She is a Full professor of medicine at Duke University and director of Duke REACH Equity. In March 2020,Johnson's academic work was recognized with the first Richard Payne Outstanding Achievement in Diversity,Equity and Inclusion Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Leigh Ebony Boulware is an American general internist,physician-scientist,and clinical epidemiologist. She is the Dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine and chief science officer and vice chief academic officer of Advocate Health. Boulware formerly served as the Nanaline Duke Distinguished Professor of Medicine and director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the Duke University School of Medicine.
A. Eugene Washington is an American physician,clinical investigator,and administrator. He served as the chancellor for health affairs at Duke University,and the president and chief executive officer of the Duke University Health System,from 2015 to 2023. His research considers gynaecology,health disparities,and public health policy. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 1997 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014.
Janice E. Nevin is an executive who in 2014 became President and CEO of ChristianaCare Health System. She is the first woman to be the head of Delaware's largest hospital system.
Renee Yuen-Jan Hsia is an American emergency physician. She is a professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Chair of Health Services Research at the University of California,San Francisco,as well as an attending physician in the emergency department at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. She is also a core faculty member of the UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. Her research is aimed at studying how health services and regionalization of care impact access to emergency care.
Sandi Lam is a Canadian pediatric neurosurgeon and is known for her research in minimally invasive endoscopic hemispherectomy for patients with epilepsy. Lam is the Vice Chair for Pediatric Neurological Surgery at Northwestern University and the Division Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Lurie Children's Hospital. She has spent her career advancing pediatric brain surgery capabilities globally through her work in Kenya performing surgeries as well as training and mentoring local residents and fellows.
