Reducing cost and advancing care with data

James M. Pappas, MD, MBA has nearly 25 years of experience as a healthcare leader and educator. As a leader, Dr. Pappas has been a medical staff president, medical director of laboratories, and associate chief medical officer (CMO) for patient safety (his current position). For the past year-plus, Dr. Pappas has led the Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) effort of clinical pathway development across six different hospitals, from university-affiliated teaching hospitals to county facilities to a community hospital, separated geographically by as much as 40 miles. Dr. Pappas’ educational credentials are broad including nearly three decades of interrupted teaching in various schools at Loma Linda University. Most recently, to prepare physician and nurse leadership for the creation, implementation and constant improvement of clinical pathways, Dr. Pappas co-created, co-teaches, and is the director of the LLUH mini-Advanced Training Program (mini-ATP). This course encompasses six days, offering 45 units of continuing education to physicians and nurses, and is considered integral to the LLUH pathway development effort.

Barry Chaiken, MD, MPH, is the clinical lead at Tableau Healthcare and has more than 25 years of experience in medical research, epidemiology, clinical information technology, and analytics. He is board-certified in general preventive medicine and public health and is a fellow and former board member and chair of HIMSS. As the founder of DocsNetwork Ltd., Chaiken worked on quality improvement studies, health IT clinical transformation projects, and clinical investigations for the National Institutes of Health, UK National Health Service, and Boston University Medical School.