Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of business
consulting services, today announced that Rob
Schreiner, M.D., has joined its Huron
Healthcare practice as a managing director. Dr. Schreiner will focus
on helping hospitals and health systems with population health
management, coordinated care across the continuum, and effective
hospital-physician alignment.
“Redesigning care delivery is at the heart of health reform. To
successfully manage populations while improving quality, safety and
costs, hospitals and their aligned clinicians must fundamentally change
the way care is delivered,” said Andy
Ziskind, M.D., managing director and Clinical
solutions leader, Huron
Healthcare. “Rob has deep experience, both as a physician and a
Kaiser Permanente leader. He brings a strong track record of creating
integrated healthcare that results in more effective and efficient
clinical outcomes.”
Dr.
Schreiner, a pulmonologist and critical care specialist, brings more
than 25 years of physician leadership and executive experience to Huron
Healthcare’s Clinical solutions team. Most recently he served as
executive medical director for Kaiser Permanente Georgia, where he held
several executive and clinical management positions throughout his
20-year career there, including chief operating officer, associate
medical director for hospital, specialty and ancillary care, and chief
of medical-hospitalist services and pulmonary critical care services.
Dr.
Schreiner earned a bachelor’s of science in chemistry and attended
medical school at the University of Tennessee. He completed his
residency at Vanderbilt University Medical School, where he served as
chief resident and then went on to complete a fellowship for pulmonary
and critical care at Colorado Health Sciences Center. Dr. Schreiner is
active in professional and civic groups, including serving as chairman
of the Medical Association of Atlanta and secretary of the Medical
Association of Georgia.
About Huron Healthcare
Huron
Healthcare is the premier provider of performance improvement and
clinical transformation solutions for hospitals and health systems. By
partnering with clients, Huron delivers solutions that improve quality,
increase revenue, reduce expenses, and enhance physician, patient, and
employee satisfaction across the healthcare enterprise. Clients include
leading national and regional integrated healthcare systems, academic
medical centers, community hospitals and physician practices. Modern
Healthcare ranked Huron Healthcare third on its 2013 list of the
largest healthcare management consulting firms. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com/healthcare
or follow us on Twitter: @Huron.
About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve
performance, transform the enterprise, reduce costs, leverage
technology, process and review large amounts of complex data, address
regulatory changes, recover from distress and stimulate growth. Our
professionals employ their expertise in finance, operations, strategy
and technology to provide our clients with specialized analyses and
customized advice and solutions that are tailored to address each
client's particular challenges and opportunities to deliver sustainable
and measurable results. The Company provides consulting services to a
wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations,
including healthcare organizations, leading academic institutions,
Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities and law firms. Huron has
worked with more than 425 health systems, hospitals, and academic
medical centers; more than 400 corporate general counsel; and more than
350 universities and research institutions. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.
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