Richard Bankowitz, MD, MBA
Dr. Bankowitz currently serves as vice president and medical director for Premier Healthcare Informatics. His blog will focus on measuring healthcare quality, the use of HIT to improve patient quality and safety, and the changing healthcare delivery environment.
A board-certified internist and a medical informaticist, Dr. Bankowitz has devoted his career to improving healthcare quality by promoting rigorous, data-driven approaches to quality improvement and by engaging senior clinicians and healthcare leaders.
He began his career at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine as an assistant professor of medicine and medical informatics.
Prior to joining Premier, Dr. Bankowitz was medical director at CareScience, where he was responsible for strategy, product delivery, consulting, sales and advocacy efforts. He also has previously served as the corporate information architect of the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC). Dr Bankowitz holds an MD and an MBA from the University of Chicago; he completed a National Library of Medicine graduate traineeship in medical informatics, and he is a Fellow of the of Physicians.
