CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading healthcare improvement company,
has named Andrew
Ziskind, MD, the new senior vice president of academic strategy on
its executive team.
An interventional cardiologist with more than 25 years of clinical and
administrative experience, Dr. Ziskind will focus on helping academic
health systems reposition themselves for the future under integrated
population health management and alternative payment models, achieve top
quality and efficiency outcomes, and ensure support for their research
and education missions.
“Academic health systems have distinct needs as they look to both
holistically improve research and education efforts as well as quality,
cost and population health outcomes,” said Susan DeVore, president and
CEO, Premier. “Dr. Ziskind’s extensive experience in this space is a
valuable asset that supports Premier’s strategic capabilities to offer
forward-looking, next generation solutions to test and scale
transformational academic care models.”
Academic health systems are unique in that their mission is threefold:
to provide high-quality care, often for patients with highly complex
conditions, while educating future clinicians and conducting research.
Dr. Ziskind has extensive experience developing and leading innovative
primary care and specialty delivery systems that span academic medical
centers, community hospitals and their affiliated physicians. He has
vast knowledge and leadership involvement in accountable care, payment
reform and population health management. Dr. Ziskind has led strategic
efforts to transform academic and community-based multispecialty
practices, restructured management and leadership teams, and partnered
with academic and community hospitals to improve clinical outcomes while
reducing the total cost of care. In 2013, Consulting Magazine named
Ziskind as one of the top 25 consultants in America.
“I am thrilled to be working with Premier alliance members and look
forward to leading strategic and successful partnerships with academic
health systems across the U.S.,” said Dr. Ziskind.
Before joining Premier, Dr. Ziskind was the managing director for
healthcare transformation at Huron and a partner at Accenture. Prior to
that, he was the president of Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the primary adult
teaching hospital for Washington University School of Medicine. He also
served as group president and senior vice president for healthcare
reform for BJC Healthcare. As the vice dean for clinical affairs and the
associate vice president for clinical programs at the University of
Washington (UW), Dr. Ziskind oversaw the development of key regional
service lines including UW Medicine Spine Center and the Regional Heart
Center. In addition, Dr. Ziskind served as the director of the
University of Maryland Cardiac Network and the vice president for
clinical services of UniversityCARE.
Dr. Ziskind earned his bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College and doctor
of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He also received an MBA
from Loyola College of Maryland.
About Premier Inc.
Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) is a leading healthcare improvement company,
uniting an alliance of approximately 3,750 U.S. hospitals and more than
130,000 other providers of care. With integrated data and analytics,
collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and advisory and other services,
Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost. Premier, a
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, plays a critical role
in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, collaborating with members
to co-develop long-term innovations that reinvent and improve the way
care is delivered to patients nationwide. Headquartered in Charlotte,
N.C., Premier is passionate about transforming American healthcare.
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