Location

Washington, DC

How did you hear about the NIC Hub?

Other

Organization

NCQA

Title

Sr Research Informaticist

What are your domains of INTEREST?

Public Health, Health Information Technology

Do you have any OTHER domains of interest?

Healthcare Quality

What are your domains of EXPERTISE?

Public Health, Health Information Technology

Share with us a short bio of yourself.

Ben Hamlin, MPH is the Senior Research Informaticist in the Department of Performance Measurement at NCQA specializing in clinical quality, context-specific decision support and the use of predictive analytics for quality improvement. He is a nationally recognized leader in transformative quality strategies and the principal architect of the HEDIS electronic clinical data system (ECDS) quality measure reporting protocol (www.ncqa.org/ecds). A specialist in application of Clinical Quality Language (CQL) and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) standards to quality measurement, he currently leads the initiative to digitalize NCQA’s entire portfolio of measurement products. His primary interest is reducing the measurement workload associated with quality reporting while also improving the precision of the measurement processes. His research encompasses the cognitive theorems for human-technology interfaces and how these can augment comprehension of healthcare information.

Would you like to join Health IT Group?

Yes

Would you like to join Project Unify Group?

Yes

Would you like to join the National Action Agenda to Advance Upstream Social Determinants and Race Equity Action Plan Group?

No

Would you like to join the Civil Justice Technology Project Group?

No

Would you like to join Social Determinants Group?

Yes

Would you like to join Opioid Epidemic Group?

No