Varro E. Tyler Distinguished Lectureship 2011 Speaker: Dr. David W. Bates

David W. Bates, M.D., M.Sc.
Chief Quality Officer and Senior Vice President, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Medical Director of Clinical and Quality Analysis, Partners Healthcare

Dr. Bates is an internationally renowned expert in patient safety, using information technology to improve care, quality-of-care, cost-effectiveness, and outcomes assessment in medical practice. He is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he co-directs the Program in Clinical Effectiveness. He directs the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and serves as external program lead for research in the World Health Organization’s Global Alliance for Patient Safety. He is also the Associate Editor of the Journal of Patient Safety. He has been elected to the Institute of Medicine, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians and the American College of Medical Informatics, and was chairman of the Board of the American Medical Informatics Association. He has over 600 peer-reviewed publications.

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