Douglas McKell

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About Douglas McKell

Experienced healthcare professional with proven ability achieving operational excellence and implementing multiple successful business strategies supporting a new career in graduate teaching with specific focus on quality improvement & patient safety, high value clinical outcomes, applied behavioral economics, Diagnostic and Medical Decision-Making, Digital Technology in Healthcare, Professional Identity/Learned Professionalism (EPAs), Pharmacoeconomics and IOM's emphasis on Right Care, Right Patient, Right Outcomes, Right Resources, and Right Time. A dedicated instructor with broad understanding of the complex healthcare environment coupled with training in health professions education focused on quality measurement, medical decision-making, clinical information transfer, operational effectiveness and financial efficiency, value-based contracting for improved patient care with careful analysis of resource utilization, team-based care and better long-term outcomes, plus specific interest in improving leadership behavior through the understanding and management of cognitive biases, including social cognition and learning process of health care providers. Experience in behavioral health economics and outcomes research, including over 10 years actively working at the national level to improve appropriate pharmaceutical use, specifically high-cost products, in order to achieve lower cost and higher value patient outcomes. 20+ years experience with a wide variety of physician practice environments including hospital-based and independent medical group practices in virtually all specialities with an emphasis on expense management and process efficiency combined with selective revenue growth to achieve sustainable business profitability, including ACO and provider "full-risk" Medicare agreements.