Biography

Louis H. Diamond, M.B.Ch.B., is vice president and medical director at Thomson Healthcare. He is an expert in the use of methodologies for measuring and improving quality. He is also involved in the development of public policy through projects focused on patient safety, health system financing, physician payment reform, quality measurement and reporting.

He currently serves as chair, Quality, Measurement, Research and Improvement Council, National Quality Forum; chair, Planning Advisory Committee, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement; president, American College of Medical Quality; president, the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network 5; and delegate for the Renal Physicians Association (RPA) to the American Medical Association House of Delegates. He previously held executive and board positions at a variety of healthcare organizations, including the National Patients Safety Foundation (NPSF), Medical Society of D.C. (MSDC), and the American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM).

He was previously chairman of the Georgetown Department of Medicine at D.C. General Hospital, and professor of medicine and associate dean for medical affairs at Georgetown School of Medicine.

Diamond is a graduate of the medical school of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Topics

• Emerging Topics in Clinical Outcomes
• Provider Profiling for Care Setting Performance
• Provider Profiling for Physician Performance
• Quality of Care Measurement