"Connecting for Health went so far beyond simply saying how things should be. We built a three-region prototype that successfully tested our Common Framework model for private and secure health information exchange across three very different communities. The elegance and scalability of the Common Framework model is a direct result of the diversity of interests that helped shape it through collaboration and attention to real-world needs. As we said throughout the process of getting the Common Framework prototype off the ground, the technology was the easy part. The real accomplishment of the Connecting for Health Common Framework was providing a credible and methodical forum to tackle the more difficult policy questions and the power that had to guide the industry."
Mr. Garrett recently joined PwC as part of the Health Industries Advisory Practice executive team and brings to PwC his track record and experience in successfully leading large industry transformation initiatives across health care. Dan has worked with key industry executives across the leading commercial health plan, provider, and life sciences organizations and he has also served as an advisor and board level executive to key industry associations, and Federal Health care agencies. Engagements have ranged from strategic planning around HIT and the emerging technology enabled industry, execution work designing and then building out new business models, and IT initiatives to improve performance, effectiveness and quality at the payer, provider, community, state and country level. Mr. Garrett previously held the position of Vice President and Managing Partner of CSC's Global Health Solutions (GHS) practice were he was responsible for leading all health care activities across CSC worldwide.
Mr. Garrett's, most recent assignments have been focused on working with the industry to address the opportunity to collect and report metrics around the US healthcare system to drive competition, performance improvement, and to facilitate improved outcomes. Dan and the PwC team are working with Federal entities, large Providers, Health plans, RHIO's and Industry Groups to insure that a strategy is in place so that information is produced , aggregated, and then presented to consumers and medical professionals so that they can make more informed decisions.
Mr. Garrett holds a bachelor's degree in computer and information science from Temple University's Fox School of Business, were he was recently awarded a distinguished alumni award, and he is certified at the CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) level by APICS, the association for operations management.
Dan is currently serving as the Vice Chairman of the Markle Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's "Connecting for Health" initiative.
