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DR. KENNETH KIZER, "FATHER" OF THE MODERN VA, TO
GET PRESTIGIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH AWARD -- "Dr. Kizer
took a system whose reputation was of low
performance
and marginal quality care to one viewed by many
as a model
of what ought to be expected from modern
medicine."
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Kizer to Be Presented With APHA's 2008 Award for
Excellence
KENNETH W. Kizer, MD, MPH, will receive the 2008 APHA Award for Excellence
for his distinguished achievements in transforming the operation and
quality of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Kizer, who was VA
undersecretary for health and chief executive officer for the Veterans
Health Administration from 1994- 1999, is now chair of Medsphere Systems
Corporation in Aliso Viejo, Calif. He is credited with reorganization of
the VA health care system, decentraliz- ing opera- tional decision- making
and implement- ing equi- table resource allocation, universal primary
care, perfor- mance mea- surement, a pharmacy benefit program and a
computerized patient record system, among other accomplishments.
 "Dr.
Kizer transformed the VA health care system from a hospital- focused,
specialty-based care to a patient-centered primary care through a series
of operational as well as quality improvement measures," wrote APHA member
Linda W. Tsan, MD, MS, MM, co-chair of the APHA Medical Care Section's
Veteran's Health Committee, in a letter nominating Kizer for the Award for
Excellence.
After working at VA, Kizer continued his efforts to improve the quality of
the nation's health care, serving as president and chief executive officer
of the National Quality Forum in Washington, D.C., from 1999-2005. While
there, he developed a unique publicprivate partnership of more than 300
organizations representing all segments of the health care industry to
bring consensus on standards for measuring and reporting health care
quality.
"Dr. Kizer took a system whose reputation was of low performance and
marginal quality care to one viewed by many as a model of what ought to be
expected from modern medicine," said J. Michael McGinnis, MD, MPP, of the
Institute of Medicine.
A graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, Kizer is
certified in preventive medicine as well as medical toxicology, emergency
medicine and medical man- agement. His long history of medical and public
health service includes ser- vice as a squadron medical offi- cer and
staff physician for the Navy Regional Medical Center in Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii; a group medical officer for the U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Group One in Barbers Point, Hawaii; director of the Emergency
Medical Services Authority for the state of California; chair of the board
of directors of the California Wellness Foundation; and chief deputy
director of Preventive Health Services and chief of Public Health Programs
for the state of California's Department of Health Services.
Kizer is a member of the Institute of Medicine and among his many honors
was given the Distinguished Service Medal for "distinguished work in
veterans' health care" by the American Legion in 2007. He was selected as
one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Health Care by Modern Healthcare
magazine in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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