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About the Institute

The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement was founded by the AAAHC in 1999. The AAAHC Institute is a non-profit organization which offers ambulatory health care organizations opportunities to learn about and become involved in performance measurement, benchmarking, and quality improvement.

Governance

The AAAHC Institute is governed by a Board of Trustees:

 

Chair:
Lorraine Jordan, PhD, CRNA, FAAN

Secretary:
Deborah Jinks, RN, CPHQ

Treasurer:
Jan Kleinhesselink, RN, CPHQ

Members: 
W. Dore Binder, MD, MMM
John Burke, PhD
Dianna Burns, RN, BS, CGRN
Frank Chapman, MBA
W. Patrick Davey, MD, MBA, FACP
Lee A. Fleisher, MD, FACC
Ronald A. Gabel, MD
David N. Gans, MHSA, FACMPE
Martin L. Gonzalez, MS
Kris Kilgore, RN, BSN
Sam J.W. Romeo, MD, MBA
Margaret E. Spear, MD
Scott Trimas, MD, FACS

The AAAHC Institute staff:
Naomi Kuznets, PhD, Senior Director & General Manager
Belle Lerner, MA, Assistant Director
Michelle Chappell, Administrative Assistant

AAAHC Institute
5250 Old Orchard Road, Suite 250
Skokie, IL 60077
Phone: 847.853.6060
Fax: 847.853.6118

Financing

Funding for the AAAHC Institute is provided by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), fees paid by study participants, and contributions from interested ambulatory health care organizations and others. Unrestricted grants from organizations wishing to support clinical performance measurement and quality improvement in the ambulatory health care setting are also welcome sources of funding for the AAAHC Institute.