David Nash (physician) explained

David B. Nash is an American physician, scholar and public health expert, known to be Founding Dean Emeritus, and named chair Professor of Health Policy at the Jefferson College of Population Health.[1] Noted for his academic work to promote public accountability for clinical research outcomes, Nash is also a known voice on population health policies.[2] [3] He has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific articles, published many books on healthcare subjects, and acted as a chief editor in several medical journals.[4] [5] [6]

Career

Nash graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Rochester (1977-1981). In the following decade he pursued clinical training, research, and teaching at several medical centers including the University of Pennsylvania Hospital (1981-1984), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (1984 to 1986), and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, where he was a faculty member from 1986 to 1990.

Nash joined the Jefferson Medical College in 1990, to be named Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health in 2008, a position that he occupied until his voluntary resignment in 2019, to remain its Founding Dean Emeritus. At Jefferson he is also Dr. Raymond C. & Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy and Special Assistant at Jefferson Health.

Nash is board certified in Internal Medicine at both NBME and ABIM, and completed an MBA at the University of Pennsylvania.

Referred as a leader in the field,[7] Nash's advocacy has focused on promoting accountability, professional autonomy, and training the coming generation of leaders to improve health care. His postulates on population health issues have often sparked public interest.[8] [9] Media reporters have noted Nash's beliefs that "factors like behavior, genetics, and environment are more important than medicine in determining a person's health".[10]

Along his long-standing career, Nash has exerted multiple governance responsibilities for organizations in the public and private sectors. Among many others, such positions have included memberships of the National Quality Forum Task Force on Improving Population Health,[11] and the American Association for Physician Leadership in Tampa, Fla., as well as serving on the boards of the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine,[12] the American Medical Group Association Foundation Board in Arlington, Va.,[13] and Humana, Inc[14] Honors received by Nash include an honorary doctorate by Salus University in Philadelphia.[15]

Nash has been a chief editor of Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Medical Quality, and Population Health Management.

Works

Scientific articles

Nash has published over four hundred academic papers.[16] His research interests comprehend a wide scope within healthcare. Frequent topics in his most cited papers have been coronary bypass surgery, upper respiratory infections, clinical practice assessment, urinary tract infection, and migraine treatment outcome.[17]

Editorials

Through his writings of editorial articles and other means, for years Nash has been an advocate on many debated subjects in healthcare, including the social determinants of success, consumer's decision-making, the upscaling of services, Israel's public system as a model, and others.[18]

Books

As an author, Nash has published a number of books on healthcare subjects, below a partial list:

Nash has also contributed chapters to a number of other medical books.[27]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nash, David B.. . 2020-06-27.
  2. Web site: The 7th International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy. 2020-08-07. The 7th International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy. en-US.
  3. Web site: Versel. Neil. Population Health Expert: Health Reform As Simple As Changing Incentives. 2020-08-07. Forbes. en.
  4. 1985-11-01. A New Deputy Editor: David B. Nash, M.D.. Annals of Internal Medicine. 103. 5. 798. 10.7326/0003-4819-103-5-798. 0003-4819.
  5. Web site: Publications & Resources . American College of Medical Quality . 2020-06-28.
  6. Web site: Population Health Management . Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. . 2020-06-28.
  7. Web site: 2010-01-01. Wharton Leader: David Nash, WG'86. 2020-08-07. Wharton Magazine. en-US.
  8. Web site: 2018-07-26. Schooling Docs in Population Health Requires Data, Aligned Incentives. HealthITAnalytics . en-US . 2020-06-29.
  9. Web site: 2017-03-29. For truly affordable health care, we need to pay for outcomes, not services. STAT . en-US . 2020-06-29.
  10. Web site: 2014-05-12. Population Health Hopes to Capture Big Picture About Patients' Lives. 2020-06-27. NJ Spotlight. en-US.
  11. Web site: NQF Roster and Biographies. . 28 June 2020.
  12. Web site: Board of directors. . en . 2020-06-28.
  13. Web site: AMGA Foundation Welcomes Three New Board Members, One New Officer for 2019. AMGA . en . 2020-06-28.
  14. Web site: David B. Nash, MD, MBA elected to Humana's Board of Directors Humana Healthcare. press.humana.com . 2020-06-28.
  15. Web site: Dr. David B. Nash to Receive Honorary Degree from Salus University. Salus University . 2020-06-28.
  16. Web site: Author details (Nash, David B.) . Scopus . 2020-06-27.
  17. Web site: My NCBI Collection . PubMed . en . 2020-06-29.
  18. Web site: My NCBI Collection . PubMed . en . 2020-06-28.
  19. Book: Nash, David B. . Future practice alternatives in medicine. 1993. Igaku-Shoin. 0-89640-236-3. 2nd . New York. 27384825.
  20. Book: Nash, David B. . The Physician's guide to managed care. 1994. Aspen Publishers . 0-8342-0393-6. Gaithersburg, Md.. 28224753.
  21. Book: Nash, David B. . Connecting with the new healthcare consumer : defining you strategy. 2001. Aspen Publishers. 0-8342-2004-0. Gaithersburg, Md.. 45890442.
  22. Book: Nash . David B. . Goldfarb . Neil I. . The quality solution : the stakeholder's guide to improving health care. 2006. Jones and Bartlett . 0-7637-2748-2. Sudbury, Mass.. 60603098.
  23. Book: Nash, David B. . Health care quality : the clinician's primer. 2012. American College of Physician Executives . 978-0-9787306-7-3. Tampa, Fla.. 808769526.
  24. Book: Kumar . Sanjaya . Nash . David B. . Demand better: revive our broken healthcare system. 2011. Second River Healthcare Press . 978-1-936406-01-2. Bozeman, Mt. . 724424413.
  25. Book: Nash . David B. . Joshi . Maulik . Ransom . Elizabeth R. . Ransom . Scott B. . 978-1-64055-054-4 . The healthcare quality book : vision, strategy, and tools . Fourth . Chicago . Health Administration Press . 2019 . co-publisher: Washington, DC: Association of University Programs in Health Administration . 1081339466.
  26. Book: Nash, David B. . Population health : creating a culture of wellness. 2011. Jones and Bartlett Learning . 978-1-4496-1947-3. Sudbury, Mass. . 693782723.
  27. Web site: 1-16 of 45 results for David B. Nash . Amazon.com.au . en-au . 2020-06-28.

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