Janet Corrigan on the Institute of Medicine and Healthcare Quality. Interview by Wanda Bishop and Luc R. Pelletier.
Janet Corrigan, PhD MBA, is director of the Board on Health Care Services and director of the Quality of Health Care in America Project at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in Washington, DC. The Board on Health Care Services is the component of the IOM that is responsible for projects involving healthcare delivery, financing, benefits coverage, the uninsured, and quality of care. Before her work with IOM, she was executive director of the President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry. Dr. Corrigan's work has been concentrated in the areas of quality of care, with particular emphasis on quality measurement, improvement, and reporting for accountability. She received her doctorate in health services organization and policy and a master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Michigan. She also holds master's degrees in business administration and in community health from the University of Rochester.
Corrigan
J
J
Quality of Health Care in America Project, Institute of Medicine, USA.
D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States