Michael L. Millenson is internationally recognized as a leader in making American health care better, safer and patient-centered.
Shortly after receiving his third Pulitzer Prize nomination as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, Michael L. Millenson left journalism in order to tell an important story no one else had told: how the systematic use of information could make health care better, safer and patient-centered. The result was the groundbreaking book,
Demanding Medical Excellence: Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age.
Since then, Michael has earned national prominence as a respected thought leader and change agent through his work as president of the Health Quality Advisors consultancy; as a researcher and writer; and as a policy activist. He has testified before the Federal Trade Commission, served as adjunct faculty at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and consulted on strategy to a broad range of organizations, including shaping the first “zero harm” initiative. National Public Radio called Michael “in the vanguard of the movement” to measure and improve medicine.
Michael speaks widely, and he is known for his ability combine puckish humor with provocative insights meant to provoke change. He has written for outlets as diverse as the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School and USA Today, and his work has been cited by media outlets such as The New York Times, Washington Post and Consumer Reports, as well as by professional and policy publications.
Michael serves on the National Advisory Committee of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and as a member of a National Academy of Medicine workgroup. Previously, he was a board member of the American Medical Group Foundation and the Society for Participatory Medicine.