Maureen A. Bisognano, a nurse by training, has served as executive vice president and COO at IHI for 15 years. She first collaborated with Mr. Berwick on a quality-improvement project when she was CEO of the Massachusetts Respiratory Hospital.
Ms. Bisognano is known in the industry as an expert on the nuts and bolts of improving healthcare systems while lowering costs, the Wall Street Journal Health Blog said.
Read the IHI release on Maureen A. Bisognano.
Read the Wall Street Journal Health Blog report on Maureen A. Bisognano.
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2010/07/07/as-don-berwick-leaves-for-cms-a-new-leader-for-ihi/?KEYWORDS=medicare
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