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Women of Impact for Health Care is a group of female executives representing all sectors of the health care industry. We believe that health care for all will be improved with more women leadership.

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Nasim Afsar, MD, MBA
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Vinny Arora, MD, MAPP
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Shari Barkin, MD, MSHS
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Anne Beal, MD, MPH
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Leah Binder
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Chloe Bird, PhD, FAAAS, FAAHB
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Ann Bonham, PhD
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Raquel Bono, MD
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Marna Borgstrom
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Shannon Brownlee, MSc
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Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, MACP
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Kathy Buto, MPA
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Tanisha Carino, PhD
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Rita Carreon
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Lynne Chafetz, JD
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Debbie Chang, MPH
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Alice Hm Chen, MD, MPH
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Esther Choo, MD, MPH
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Carolyn Clancy, MD
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Janine Clayton, MD
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Ceci Connolly
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Joanne Conroy, MD
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Molly Cooke, MD
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Karen Dale, RN, MSN
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Lisa David
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Rachel Davis
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Susan Dentzer
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Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
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Bergitta E. Cotroneo, FACMPE
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Shamiram Feinglass, MD, MPH
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Karen Feinstein, PhD
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Elizabeth Fowler
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Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN
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J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE
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Cynthia Gruber
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Karen Hacker, MD, MPH
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Romana Hasnain-Wynia, MS, PhD
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Patricia Horoho
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Dora Hughes, MD
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Christine Hunter, MD
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Ann Hwang, MD
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Chrissie Juliano, MPP
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Eve Kerr, MD, MPH, MACP
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Jean Kutner, MD, MSPH
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Cindy Lee
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Vivian Lee, MD, PhD, MBA
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Della Lin, MS, MD, FASA
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Fawn Lopez
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Christine Malcolm
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Amy Mansue
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Suja Mariam Mathew, MD
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Kathryn McDonald, MM/MBA, PhD
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Leslie Meehan, MPA, AICP
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Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
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Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH
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Rhonda Moore Johnson, MD, MPH
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Jennifer E. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
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Dianne Morrison-Beedy, PhD, RN, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
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Kelly Motadel, MD, MPH
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Darilyn V. Moyer, MD, FACP
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Sharon O'Keefe, MS
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Mary Pittman, DrPH
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Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA
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Ninez Ponce, MPP, PhD
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Megan Ranney, MD, MPH
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Karen Remley, MD, MBA, MPH, FAAP
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Vivian Reznik, MD
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Elena Rios, MD
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Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH
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Patricia Roberts, MD
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Mysheika Roberts, MD, MPH
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Lisa Shah, MD
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Michelle Showalter
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Bonnie Simpson Mason, MD, FAAOS
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Lisa Simpson, MD
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Altha Stewart, MD
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Robin Strongin
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Sharon Terry
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Carolyn Tung-Conti, MS
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Patricia L. Turner, MD, FACS
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Susan Turney, MD
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Annette Walker, MHA
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Ruth Williams-Brinkley
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Janet Wright, MD, FACC
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Elizabeth Yano, PhD, MSPH
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Laurie Zephyrin, MD, MPH, MBA
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Make Match Day a Movement Toward Health Citizenship

For thousands of U.S. medical students, March 16 is the day they will find out where their next steps will be in their pursuit of saving lives. These new clinical leaders are entering a quickly transforming world. Big data and artificial intelligence are on the cusp of accelerating scientific advancement. Society has ambitious expectations that the...

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Is the Future of Value-Based Payment at Risk?

 By Dr. Susan Turney, Chief Executive Officer, Marshfield Clinic Health System The U.S. healthcare economy is beginning an incredible transformation. If it continues at the current pace, in a few years from now we may hardly recognize the way healthcare is measured, billed and paid. Incentives will be better aligned, costs will be lower and ca...

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Opinion: Quality Stars and Payments Ought to be Earned

Originally posted on the Morning Consult. The federal government rates Medicare Advantage plans using a star system that evaluates clinical quality, patient satisfaction and regulatory compliance. This star rating system is designed to help America's seniors evaluate the quality of their health care options. And it has successfully incentivized hea...

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Modern Healthcare Editorial: The case for women executives and a second shortlist for Bezos, Buffett and Dimon

Originally posted on Modern Healthcare.  Amazon, Berkshire-Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase created shock waves in January when they announced plans to launch their own healthcare company. On March 8, they generated even more buzz when news spread that a search was underway for a CEO to lead the joint venture. Unfortunately, not all news is good n...

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VISTA: The Future of Health Care Is In Hospital Delivery Sciences

Eleven years ago, I remember being a junior faculty member attending the first "Quality Fair" at the University of Chicago, and presenting my work among roughly 20 posters on how to measure quality for hospitalized older patients. While I am proud to say this poster actually won an award, I am also embarrassed to say that I did not improve anything...

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Why Healthcare Needs More Women Leaders

Recently, Modern Healthcare published its list of the 50 most influential physician executives and leaders. The list included only seven women. There were seven in 2016, nine in 2015, and eight in 2014. Women comprise less than 10 percent of that list. As you will see, the math does not add up.Women make up more than 50 percent of physicians in tra...

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