"Institutions throughout the world are facing similar issues related to providing safe, high quality patient care in an environment of competing resources. Teams of health professionals are developing their own creative solutions, and are eager to learn from each other. Coming from a nursing background, I recognize the impact that connecting these people and experiences can have in improving patient care. That is why I joined our organization."
 


  • Director of Clinical Services, Partners Harvard Medical International
  • Registered Nurse, Massachusetts


Elizabeth Brown joined then-Harvard Medical International in 2002. She plays a major role in PHMI programs and collaborations focused on health care systems development, including assessment and program development in the areas of nursing professional advancement, clinical program planning, and patient care delivery and improvement.

She is a strong voice for the nursing profession and has been instrumental in helping PHMI partner institutions to enhance the competency and leadership of their nursing teams, and integrate key input on nursing practice into hospital planning and program implementation. Her strong interest in quality improvement began when she was a research assistant for Dr. Steve Shortell on total quality management while at Northwestern University in the mid 1990s, and she has been an active member of PHMI’s quality management team.   

Ms. Brown has over twenty years experience in nursing and health care delivery, and has held various clinical, administrative, and staff development roles in hospital and community settings. Prior to joining PHMI she served as the Director of Medical Services at Caritas Por Cristo, the international health care arm of the Caritas Christi Health Care System, where she was responsible for overseeing hospital and community-based programs in collaboration with in-country partners in Latin America.  

She received her Master of Business Administration degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois; her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Rush University in Chicago, Illinois; and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Boston College in Massachusetts. Ms. Brown completed a postgraduate Hospital Administrative Fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She is a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the Council for Women at Boston College, and a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives and Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society for Nurses. 

 

Bibliography 2006