“Innovators and Visionaries” Expert Panel

Innovators and Visionaries was prepared by FACCT – Foundation for Accountability with support from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Dozens of clinicians, policymakers, researchers, and advocates were kind enough to discuss their current thinking and future directions with us. We are particularly grateful to the following people for taking time for extended interviews: Ian Morrison, Jim Tallon, John Rother, Lynn Etheredge, Mark McClellan, Michael Weinstein, Myrl Weinberg, Paul Ellwood, John Benson, Peggy O’Kane, Marc Rodwin, Don Berwick, Jim Reinertsen, and Tom Ferguson.

We were also fortunate to have the counsel of a superb national advisory committee:

Rodney Armstead MD – CEO, CareFirst Health Plan of Arizona
Rex Cowdry MD – Associate Director, National Economic Council
Bill Ellis – Executive Director, American Pharmacists Association Foundation
Paul Ellwood MD – Jackson Hole Group
Lynn Etheredge PhD – Health Insurance Reform Project
Laurie Flynn – Senior Research and Policy Associate, Columbia University (former president of National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
Sam Ho MD – Senior Vice President and Corporate Medical Officer, Pacificare Health System
Rhoda Karpatkin – former president, Consumers Union
Laura Landro – Assistant Managing Editor, Wall Street Journal
Jack Leslie – Chairman, Weber Shandwick
Donald Nielsen MD – Senior Vice President for Quality Leadership, American Hospital Association
James Tallon – President, United Hospital Fund of New York
Stephen Sleigh PhD – Director of Strategic Resources, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Shoshanna Sofaer DrPH – Robert P. Luciano Professor of Health Care Policy, Baruch College
Daniel Wolfson – Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation
Robin Mockenhaupt PhD – Senior Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Paul Tarini – Senior Communications Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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September 2003