Dr. Baker is the executive vice president for the Healthcare Quality Evaluation division at The Joint Commission, overseeing the organization’s healthcare quality evaluation tool development. He also oversees the organization’s department of health services research.
Here are five key notes:
1. In his new role, Dr. Baker will shape the journal’s editorial direction focused on innovation to improve the quality of care and patient safety.
2. Dr. Baker is know for researching several areas, including health literacy, racial and ethnic disparities, outcomes for the uninsured and electronic medical record use.
3. He has more than 200 original research articles and book chapters published.
4. Dr. Baker previously served as the chief of the general internal medicine division and director of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine at Northwestern.
5. Dr. Baker earned his medical degree from the University of California.
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