I wanted to share with you all that, after almost nine terrific years of work in association with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, I will be taking a new position at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. I will be based in Washington, DC.
Given my passion for improvement and dissemination, this seems like a terrific opportunity, and it's one I'm eager to take. Having said that, I will need to step down from my position as chair of the conference and our learning community. Marie Schall, who you all now know from her role as a working group chair at the conference, will take over as the point person from IHI, joining the conference co-chairs, Brian Mittman and Wynne Norton.
Happily, they will shortly initiate the VA-sponsored webinar series which should help sustain the momentum from our gathering (more information to come on that shortly). I know I speak for Brian, Wynne and Marie when I say that our shared hope is for this group to continue to come together regularly to build will and tools for the field, and to actively study and support ongoing scale-up efforts.
I am still awaiting my ethics orientation, at which point I will better understand the boundaries of my future involvement, but I fully intend to stay as involved with the group as possible.
Thank you very much for you ongoing involvement with this important work.
All the best,
Joe McCannon
