Douglas McCarthy, M.B.A.
Title:
Senior Research Advisor
Organization:
The Commonwealth Fund
Douglas McCarthy, M.B.A., president of Issues Research, Inc., in Durango, Colorado, is senior research adviser to The Commonwealth Fund. He supports The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System’s scorecard project, conducts case studies of high-performing organizations, and is a contributing editor to the bimonthly newsletter Quality Matters. His 25-year career has spanned research, policy, operations, and consulting roles for government, corporate, academic, and philanthropic organizations. He has authored and coauthored reports and peer-reviewed articles on a range of health care–related topics. A Chartbook on the Quality of Health Care in the United States, coauthored with Sheila Leatherman, was named by AcademyHealth as one of 20 core books in the field of health outcomes. Mr. McCarthy received his bachelor’s degree with honors from Yale College and a master’s degree in health care management from the University of Connecticut. During 1996–1997, he was a public policy fellow at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.