Paul B. Batalden
heaalthcare
IHI
Denmark
Biography
Paul B. Batalden, MD, Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Community and Family Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Dartmouth Medical School. He teaches about the leadership of improvement of health care quality, safety, and value at Dartmouth, IHI, and the Jönköping Academy for the Improvement of Health and Welfare in Sweden. Dr. Batalden was the Founding Chair of the IHI’s Board of Directors. In addition, he helped found, create, or develop the Veterans Administration National Quality Scholars program, the IHI Health Professions Educational Collaborative, the General Competencies of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the Center for Leadership and Improvement at Dartmouth, the annual Health Professional Faculty Summer Camp at Dartmouth, the Dartmouth Hitchcock Leadership Preventive Medicine Residency, the SQUIRE publication guidelines, and the National College Health Improvement Program. He currently chairs the International Network for the Improvement Scientist Fellowship Program of The Health Foundation, and is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
Research Interest
His current interests include the multiple knowledge systems that inform the improvement of health care.
