1. Donald M Berwick was born on September 9,1946 and is a former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
24 Facts About Donald Berwick
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On July 7,2010, President Barack Obama appointed Berwick to serve as the Administrator of CMS through a recess appointment.
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On June 18,2013, Donald Berwick declared his candidacy for governor of Massachusetts, but lost the Democratic Party nomination to Attorney General Martha Coakley.
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Donald Berwick has studied the management of health care systems, with emphasis on using scientific methods and evidence-based medicine and comparative effectiveness research to improve the tradeoff among quality, safety, and costs.
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Donald Berwick was born in New York and grew up in Moodus, Connecticut.
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Donald Berwick has said that he was motivated by his Jewish upbringing.
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Donald Berwick completed his medical residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston.
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Donald Berwick began his career as a pediatrician at Harvard Community Health Plan; in 1983 he became the plan's first Vice President of Quality-of-Care Measurement.
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In that position, Donald Berwick investigated quality control measures in other industries such as aeronautics and manufacturing, in order to consider their application in health care settings.
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From 1987 to 1991, Donald Berwick was co-founder and Co-Principal Investigator for the National Demonstration Project on Quality Improvement in Health Care, designed to explore opportunities for quality improvement in health care.
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Donald Berwick is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Health Care Policy in the Department of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Donald Berwick is a pediatrician, Adjunct Staff in the Department of Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, and a Consultant in Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Conservatives criticized Donald Berwick, based on comments he made about health care being, by definition, redistribution of wealth, rationing care with "our eyes open" and complete lives system.
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Donald Berwick advocated cutting health costs by adopting some of the approaches of Great Britain's National Health Services and its National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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Former Speaker Newt Gingrich has historically been a Republican supporter of Donald Berwick writing an op-ed in The Washington Post in August 2000 praising Donald Berwick's work.
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Donald Berwick was installed by recess appointment on July 7,2010, before confirmation hearings were scheduled by the Democratic-controlled Senate committee.
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Donald Berwick resigned his position at CMS on December 2,2011.
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Donald Berwick was the lead author of the Berwick Report, a seminal report into patient safety in England, following the Stafford Hospital scandal.
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On June 17,2013, Donald Berwick announced his run for the Massachusetts Governor's office.
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Donald Berwick framed himself as progressive on major issues and said it was crucial that Massachusetts continue to focus on health care reform and the well-being of children, topics he has focused on during his career.
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Donald Berwick, who holds three degrees from Harvard, repeatedly emphasized his experience in helping health organizations deliver better care to consumers, an asset he said he would bring to being the state's chief executive.
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Donald Berwick conceded the Democratic nomination to Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on September 9,2014, who lost to Republican Charlie Baker at the general election.
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Donald Berwick has published over 129 articles in professional journals on health care policy, decision analysis, technology assessment, and health care quality management.
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Donald Berwick is the co-author of several books, including Cholesterol, Children, and Heart Disease: an Analysis of Alternatives, Curing Health Care, and New Rules: Regulation, Markets and the Quality of American Health Care.