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Dr. Richard Gliklich is President and Chief Executive Officer of Outcome. Dr. Gliklich is a pioneer in the field of registries - strategy, tactics and technology-- and has led Outcome since its inception in 1998.
Dr. Gliklich focuses on post-approval research programs, particularly observational research on effectiveness, safety and quality of care. Some of the programs developed by Dr. Gliklich include the American Heart Association's Get With The GuidelinesSM registries in cardiovascular disease, heart failure, and stroke, which involve more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and more than one million patients, and received the 2004 Innovation Award from the Department of Health and Human Services. He has also worked extensively in the area of information technology for post-approval research and is a member of the American Heart Association's Heart IT Task force. He is a Principal Investigator (PI) for the Outcome DEcIDE Center, one of 13 DEcIDE centers under the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Effective Healthcare Program. Dr. Gliklich is an author and senior editor of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) handbook "Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide."
Dr. Gliklich did his undergraduate work at Yale University and completed his medical training at Harvard Medical School. He trained in Outcomes Research as a Charles A. Dana Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Gliklich is a frequently invited speaker on post-approval programs and registries, and has served on numerous advisory boards. He is the director of an annual international conference at Harvard, focusing on post-approval studies, registries and risk management (Post-Approval Summit at Harvard). He has authored more than 70 academic publications, including articles about medical conditions of the head and neck, as well as articles on registries. Dr. Gliklich is the editor of a textbook on the practical value of real-world clinical data in medical practice, "Profiting from Quality: Outcomes strategies for medical practice," published by Jossey-Bass, Inc., in 1999. In addition to his work at Outcome, Dr. Gliklich maintains an active medical practice and is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. | 