title: Interview with a quality leader: Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPH on performance measures. Interview by Jason Trevor Fogg.
abstract: Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH, currently serves as the President and CEO of the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality (OFMQ). In addition, he provides support as the Medical Director of the Patient Safety Quality Improvement Organization Support Center at OFMQ. In these roles, he provides clinical and technical support for local and national hospital quality improvement initiatives. He is a Past President of the American Health Quality Association and a recent member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Dr. Bratzler has published extensively and frequently presents locally and nationally on topics related to healthcare quality, particularly associated with improving care for pneumonia, increasing vaccination rates, and reducing surgical complications. He received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, and his Master of Public Health degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Public Health. Dr. Bratzler is board certified in internal medicine.
authors.affiliation: jfogg@the-med.org
authors.forename: Dale W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bratzler
mesh_terms: D010819:Physician's Role; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States