The National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Board of Directors elected Jim Chase, senior advisor for the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, and Jonathan Perlin, president of clinical services and Chief Medical Officer for the Hospital Corporation of America as its new chair and vice chair, respectively.
The NQF board also appointed four new at-large members representing consumers and purchasers.
Chase is a leader in healthcare management. He is the former president of Minnesota Community Measurement and former director of health purchasing for government programs administered by the Minnesota Department of Human Services.