Biography - Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, MBA

Janet M. Corrigan
President and Chief Executive Officer
The National Quality Forum

Dr. Corrigan is President and CEO of The National Quality Forum, a private, not-for-profit membership organization established in 1999 to develop and implement a national strategy for healthcare quality measurement and reporting. The NQF mission includes: setting national priorities and goals for performance improvement; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach activities. Dr. Corrigan was instrumental in organizing the merger between NQF and the National Committee for Quality Health Care (NCQHC), where she served as President and CEO from June 2005 to March 2006. 

From 1998 to 2005, Dr. Corrigan was Senior Board Director at the Institute of Medicine (IOM), where she was responsible for the IOM Health Care Services portfolio of initiatives on quality and safety, health services organization and financing, and health insurance issues. She provided leadership for IOM's Quality Chasm Series which produced ten reports during her tenure including: To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System and Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. Prior to joining IOM in 1998, Dr. Corrigan was Executive Director of the President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry.

Dr. Corrigan received her doctorate in health services research and master of industrial engineering degrees from the University of Michigan, and masters degrees in business administration and community health from the University of Rochester. In 2002, she was the recipient of the Institute of Medicine Cecil Award for Distinguished Service, and in 2006, appointed a Fellow in the American College of Medical Informatics. In 2007 she was awarded the Founders Award by the American College of Medical Quality, and the TRUST Award by the Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET). Dr. Corrigan serves on numerous boards and committees including: Quality Alliance Steering Committee (2006 present); Hospital Quality Alliance (2006 present), National Center for Healthcare Leadership (2003 present), Council for Accountable Physician Practices Advisory Council (2004 present), and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Regional Market Project Advisory Council (2005 present).