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Dr. David Blumenthal M.D., MPP


Self Description

January 2006: "Director, Institute for Health Policy Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

From 1987-1991, Dr. Blumenthal served as Senior Vice President at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a 720-bed Harvard teaching hospital. From 1981 to 1987 he was Executive Director of the Center for Health Policy and Management and Lecturer on Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. During the late 1970s, Blumenthal was a professional staff member on Senator Edward Kennedy’s Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research.

He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a National Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, and serves on several editorial boards, including the American Journal of Medicine, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, and the Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. He is also a National Correspondent for The New England Journal of Medicine. He serves on advisory committees to the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Social Insurance, the Open Society Institute and other foundations.

Blumenthal was the founding chairman of AcademyHealth (formerly the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy), the national organization of health services researchers. He is also Director of the Harvard University Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement. From 1995 to 2002 Dr. Blumenthal served as Executive Director for The Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Academic Health Centers. He has served as a trustee of the University of Chicago Health System and currently serves as a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine).

His research interests include the future of academic health centers, quality management in health care, the determinants of physician behavior, access to health services, and the extent and consequences of academic-industrial relationships in the health sciences."

http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/healthpolicy/IHP_blumenthal.html

Third-Party Descriptions

December 2007: "David Blumenthal, a study author and the director of the Institute for Health Policy, said most physicians are trying to do the right thing, and he called for a renewed focus on professionalism, not simply more regulation."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/03/AR2007120301771.html

January 2006: Broadly adopted, the recommendations would transform doctors' day-to-day lives and shut off the focus of drug makers' biggest expenditures. But Dr. David Blumenthal, an author of the article, said it was 'not very likely' that many in medicine would listen to the group.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/national/25doctor.html

July 2002: Director of the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54185-2002Jun14.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Harvard University Organization Jan 25, 2006
Organization Head/Leader (past or present) Institute for Health Policy (IHP) Organization Jan 16, 2008
Member of (past or present) Institute of Medicine (IOM) Organization Jan 25, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Kennedy School of Government, The John F. (KSG) Organization Jan 25, 2006
Organization Executive (past or present) Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Organization Jan 25, 2006
Advisor/Consultant to (past or present) Open Society Institute (OSI) Organization Jan 25, 2006
Subordinate of (past or present) Sen. Edward "Ted" Moore Kennedy Person Jan 25, 2006

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Dec 04, 2007 Study Finds Gaps Between Doctors' Standards and Actions: Physicians Think They Should Report Errors and Incompetence -- but Say They Often Do Not

QUOTE: The first-of-its-kind survey of more than 1,600 physicians, published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that 45 percent said they did not always report an incompetent or impaired colleague to the appropriate authorities -- even though 96 percent agreed that doctors should turn in such people.

 Washington Post
Jan 25, 2006 In Article, Doctors Back Ban on Gifts From Drug Makers

QUOTE: The gifts, drugs and classes that makers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices routinely give doctors undermine medical care, hurt patients and should be banned, a group of influential doctors say in today's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

 New York Times
Jun 15, 2002 AMA Officer Sparks Ethics Debate: Doctor-Lawyer's Business Advises on How to Avoid Malpractice Suits

QUOTE: ...evidence that the nation's largest medical organization [American Medical Association (AMA)] is focused too heavily on legal strategy and not enough on good medicine.

 Washington Post