2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting
Charlotte, NC
Build, Test, Scale: Innovative Strategies that are Transforming the U.S. Healthcare System
Susan D. DeVore
President and Chief Executive Officer, Premier healthcare alliance
Susan DeVore is President and CEO of the Premier healthcare alliance, the nation's leading alliance of hospitals, health systems and other providers dedicated to improving healthcare performance. An alliance of more than 2,500 hospitals and health systems and more than 70,000 other healthcare delivery sites, Premier uses the power of collaboration to lead the transformation to high quality, cost-effective healthcare. Premier membership includes more than 40 percent of all U.S. health systems. With the ultimate goal of helping its members improve the health of their local communities, Premier builds, tests and scales models that improve quality, safety and cost of care. Through successful initiatives such as the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration with CMS, and QUEST: High Performing Hospitals collaborative, the alliance has driven improvements in evidence-based care and safety, as well as significant reductions in mortality, harm and cost. Premier is a leader in the accountable care movement and recently announced a joint-venture with IBM to develop industry-leading population analytics tools. Under DeVore's leadership, Premier has built an industry leading code of ethics, has been named four times as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere and has won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.