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Donald M. Berwick (born 1946) is a former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Prior to his work in the administration, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement〔Galewitz P. (Local hospitals and doctors join forces to improve health care, restrain costs. ) Kaiser Health News. 2009 Jul 22. Accessed 2009 Jul 25.〕 a not-for-profit organization. On July 7, 2010, Barack Obama appointed Berwick to serve as the Administrator of CMS through a recess appointment. On December 2, 2011, he resigned because of heavy Republican opposition to his appointment and his potential inability to win a confirmation vote.〔(Medicare administrator Donald Berwick resigns in the face of Republican opposition ) Sarah Kliff, The Washington Post, 2011 Nov 23〕 On June 18, 2013, Berwick declared his candidacy for governor of Massachusetts, but lost the Democratic Party nomination to Attorney General Martha Coakley.〔("For governor, it’s Coakley vs. Baker," ''The Boston Globe,'' September 10, 2014 )〕 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.〔(Rethinking Comparative Effectiveness Research. )〕〔Interview with Donald Berwick. Katherine T. Adams, Biotechnol Healthc. 2009 June; 6(2): 35-36, 38.〕 Among IHI's projects are online courses for health care professionals for reducing ''Clostridium difficile'' infections, lowering the number of heart failure readmissions or managing advanced disease and palliative care.〔(Who Is Don Berwick and What Will He Mean for Reform? ) By MAGGIE MAHAR March 30, 2010.〕 In March 2012 he joined the Center for American Progress as a Senior Fellow. 〔http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/03/berwick.html〕 ==Biography== Berwick grew up in Moodus, Connecticut. His father, Philip, worked as the town's family doctor.〔(Obituary: Dr. Philip Berwick ) Derrick Stokes, Hartford Courant, 1995 Nov 8〕 His mother, Rosalind Fine, was the primary caretaker of Berwick and his two younger brothers until she died from ovarian cancer in 1961.〔 (The Revolutionary ) Neil Swidey, The Boston Globe, 2004 Jan 4〕 Because of Fine's efforts to promote the construction of a new elementary school in Moodus, the school's library was named after her when it was built.〔(Don Berwick in governor’s race for right reasons: public service ) Jonathan Klate, Daily Hampshire Gazette, 2014 July 7〕 Berwick graduated from Nathan Hale-Ray High School and went on to obtain his B.A. from Harvard College, where he graduated ''summa cum laude''.〔(Donald M. Berwick ) Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative〕 While at Harvard, Berwick met his future wife, Ann, in his freshman biology class, where they were lab partners.〔(The Revolutionary ) Neil Swidey, The Boston Globe, 2004 Jan 4〕 The couple have four children: Ben, Dan, Jessica, and Becca. Berwick earned both an M.D. ''cum laude'' from Harvard Medical School and an M.P.P. from John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1972.〔(Don Berwick stresses health care in race for Massachusetts governor ) The Associated Press, 2014 Feb 22〕 He completed his medical residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston. 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.〔Feder BJ. (Thomas Pyle, 67, innovator in 1980s health care plans. ) New York Times. 2007 Jul 21〕 In that position, Berwick investigated quality control measures in other industries such as aeronautics and manufacturing, in order to consider their application in health care settings.〔(The Revolutionary ) Neil Swidey, The Boston Globe, 2004 Jan 4〕 From 1987-1991, 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. Based on this work, Berwick left Harvard Community Health Plan in 1989 and co-founded the IHI (Institute for Healthcare Improvement). 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.〔(Report: hospital medication errors commonplace. ) Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio. 2006 Jul 28. Accessed 2009 Jul 25.〕 He is also a pediatrician, Adjunct Staff in the Department of Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, and a Consultant in Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital. Berwick has published over 129 articles in professional journals on health care policy, decision analysis, technology assessment, and health care quality management. He is the co-author of several books, including ''Cholesterol, Children, and Heart Disease: an Analysis of Alternatives'' (1980), ''Curing Health Care'' (1990), and ''New Rules: Regulation, Markets and the Quality of American Health Care'' (1996). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donald Berwick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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