Janet Corrigan, a former CEO of the National Quality Forum, has been appointed chief program officer for patient care at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Corrigan, 61, will begin her new role on Feb. 2. The foundation funds research in a number of areas, including environmental conservation and scientific discovery.
Currently, Corrigan is a distinguished fellow at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, where she focuses on transparency, patient safety, performance measurement and population health. Prior to that, she was president and CEO of the National Quality Forum for six years.
Before leading the NQF, Corrigan directed the Health Care Quality Initiative at the Institute of Medicine, a program launched in 1996 to assess and improve the nation's quality of care. She also served as executive director of the 2008 President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality, which released the Patient's Bill of Rights.
As CPO for patient care, Corrigan will manage over $40 million that is awarded toward projects related to patient experience and outcomes. The patient-care program accounts for 15% of all of the foundation's annual grants. Corrigan said she expects to focus on issues like end-of-life care, health IT and data collection.
