Dr. K.
Vinod Sahney is a Senior Vice President of Planning and
Strategic Development at Henry Ford Health System. He
has been the faculty member for Harvard's University
Executive Program in Health Policy and Management for
the past 25 years.
He also
served as one of nine judges for the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award and The Military Health Care
Advisory Board. He is a member of the Institute of
Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.
In his
role as Senior VP at Henry Ford Health Systems, he
oversees Strategic Planning, Marketing, Government
Affairs, Public Relations, Community Affairs, Special
Events, Management Services, Healthcare Quality
Improvement, The Center For Health Services Research,
and Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
Dr.
Sahney is co-author of the book Reengineering
Health Care: Building on CQI. He has
authored over 50 publications, including books, book
chapters, journal articles and conference proceedings.
He
currently serves on a number of boards, including St.
Joseph Mercy-Oakland Hospital; St. Joseph Mercy-Macomb
Hospital; Faculty Practice Plan, Washington University
School of Medicine; Enterprise Development Fund;
Michigan’s Children. He is a founding member,
director, and past chairman of the Institute for
Healthcare Improvement, a non-profit institute formed to
continue the work of the National Demonstration Project
in health care quality improvement. In addition, he is a
founding member of the Group Practice Improvement
Network, a network of 40 group practices collaborating
on improving quality and performance in their
organizations.
He has
received a number of awards, including the Dean Conley
Award from the American College of Health Care
Executives for the Best Paper published in Health
Care Management; the Best Paper
Award and Quality Award from Health Care Information and
Management Systems Society of the American Hospital
Association (HIMSS/AHA); a Distinguished Service Award
from the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE); the
Founders Award from the Society for Health Systems; the
Fellow Award from both the IIE and HIMSS/AHA; and the
Distinguished Service Award from the University of
Wisconsin, Madison. |
