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Methods to Identify Quality in Cardiovascular Practices
on Heart Matters
Produced in Cooperation with American College of Cardiology
As we all strive to improve quality of care, two crucial questions remain at the heart of the issue: How do we define, and identify, quality in practices, hospitals and other health care settings? Then, how can new methods of identifying quality in practices help improve the standardization of processes and care that patients receive? Join host Dr. Jack Lewin and his guest, Francois de Brantes, executive director of the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute in Newton, Connecticut, which manages the Bridges to Excellence and PROMETHEUS payment programs. Mr. de Brantes talks about the specific data that can help identify quality, and ways to utilize these data to improve and facilitate quality improvement. How does identifying quality in cardiovascular practices coincide with the increasing interest in value-based health care delivery?
Francois de Brantes is executive director of the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3), which manages the Bridges to Excellence and PROMETHEUS payment model, in Newton, Connecticut. As executive director of HCI3, Mr. de Brantes is responsible for setting and implementing the strategy of the organization. This includes supervising the implementations of Bridges To Excellence and PROMETHEUS Payment pilots, leading the development of new programs, and designing incentive efforts for employers, health plans and provider organizations. Previously, Mr. de Brantes was the program leader for various healthcare initiatives at GE Corporate Health Care Programs, responsible for developing the conceptual framework and the implementation of GE's Active Consumer strategy. Mr. de Brantes is a member of the NQF's Committee on Efficiency Measurement, the NCQA's Committee on Physician Performance, and AHRQ's HCUP Steering Committee. Mr. de Brantes attended the University of Paris IX - Dauphine where he earned an MS in economics and finance. After completing his military service as a platoon leader in a Light Cavalry Regiment, he attended the Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, where he graduated with an MBA.
Dr. Jack Lewin is the chief executive officer of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), a position he has held since November 2006. Under his leadership, ACC has aspired to contribute greatly to national leadership in advocacy related to expanding access to care for uninsured persons, and in reforming Medicare, Medicaid, and the financing and delivery of quality health care. These efforts are part of ACC's mission to promote ‘heart health' and reductions in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. Prior to coming to ACC, Dr. Lewin was the chief executive officer of the California Medical Association and its various subsidiary companies. Dr. Lewin was also formerly Hawaii's Director of Health from 1986-1994, a role through which he helped Hawaii achieve near-universal access to health care and revitalize statewide public health systems. In Hawaii, he was also the chief executive officer of the statewide 13-facility Community Hospital System. Before that, as a commissioned officer in the United States Public Heath Service, he was the founding director of the Navajo Nation Department of Health, serving the needs of America's largest Indian tribe, based in the three states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Trained in internal medicine, Dr. Lewin has also enjoyed many years of practicing primary care medicine during his career in Arizona, Hawaii, and California. He serves on numerous national boards and advisory bodies, including his work as founding president of the Physicians' Foundations, which are among the top ten health-related philanthropies in the nation, focused on promoting quality, patient safety, and health information technology adoption, and as president of the Patient Safety Institute. He was also an advisor on health policy to President Bill Clinton. Dr. Lewin received his bachelor's degree in biological sciences from the University of California, Irvine, and earned his medical doctorate from the University of Southern California. His hobbies include composing for piano, skiing, biking, kayaking, and long-distance running, having completed over 25 marathons. He and his wife Sandra have three children.
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