About Dr. Kedar Mate
Kedar Mate, MD, DSc(hc) is the Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Qualified Health AI, a digital health company deploying the critical infrastructure needed to create the AI-enabled health system of the future. Prior to his work at Qualified Health, Dr. Mate was the President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the world’s leading international healthcare quality and patient safety organization. Widely published, with numerous honors, and over 25 years of healthcare leadership experience, Dr, Mate enjoys working on the persistent challenge of creating a safer, higher value health system, that everyone has access to and can enjoy. You can follow his work on LinkedIn @KedarMateMD.
About Dr. Donald Berwick
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, KBE, is President Emeritus of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), an organization he co-founded and led as President and CEO for 19 years. He is one of the nation’s leading authorities on health care quality and improvement. In July 2010, President Obama appointed Dr. Berwick to the position of Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which he held until December 2011. A paediatrician by background, Dr. Berwick has served as Clinical Professor of Paediatrics and Health Care Policy at the Harvard Medical School, Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, and as a member of the staffs of Boston’s Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He has also served as vice chair of the US Preventive Services Task Force, the first “Independent Member” of the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association, and chair of the National Advisory Council of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He is an elected member of the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM, formerly the Institute of Medicine, or IOM). Dr. Berwick served two terms on the IOM’s governing Council, was a member of the IOM’s Global Health Board, and currently chairs the NAM Board on Health Care Services. He served on President Clinton’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry. His numerous awards include the 2007 William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research, the 2006 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award, and the 2007 Heinz Award for Public Policy. In 2005, he was appointed Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the highest honour in the UK for non-UK citizens. He is the author or co-author of more than 200 scientific articles and six books. He has also served as Lecturer in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.