March 08, 2022

Stephen Shortell '62

Stephen Shortell ’62 will be inducted into the Modern Healthcare Hall of Fame during a virtual ceremony on March 25th. One of the nation’s most prominent health policy researchers, Steve has influenced the industry on a number of fronts—from understanding how financial incentives can be used to drive improvements in quality of care to assessing how policy decisions impact care delivery at a local level. “I am grateful for the opportunities that I have had to influence healthcare policy and practice,” Steve said. “I am humbled by this honor. Our healthcare system provides benefits for many but not all. I hope that we can use the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to accelerate the changes needed to have a more responsive, accessible and consistently higher quality, more efficient healthcare system for all." Steve is a professor of health policy and dean emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health. He serves as co-director of the Center for Healthcare Organizational & Innovation Research, co-director of the Center for Lean Engagement & Research in Healthcare, and has held the Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professorship of Health Policy and Management.

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