Christina Bethell
Christina Bethell, PhD, MPH, MBA, Associate Professor and Director, The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI) (www.cahmi.org)
Dr. Bethell is Associate Professor in the School of Medicine at Oregon Health and Sciences University. She is the founding Director of The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative and the National Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health. The CAHMI is a national initiative established in 1998 with the mission to advance a high quality, patient and consumer-centered health care system for children, youth and families. Dr. Bethell serves as principle investigator for the collaborative development, validation and national, state and local implementation of the tools such as The Promoting Healthy Development Survey (PHDS), The Young Adult Health Care Survey (YAHCS), the Children with Special Health Care Needs Screener (CSHCN Screener) and other child health and health care quality measurement tools, most of which have been endorsed for voluntary use by the National Quality Forum. Currently, Dr. Bethell’s work is focused on developing, disseminating and supporting the widespread use of health and health care services information through the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau sponsored National Data Resource Center on Child and Adolescent Health (www.childhealthdata.org) as well as on projects to advance health and health services performance measurement and improvement in the area of preventive and developmental services and care for children with chronic conditions in pediatric offices and health plans. Prior to OHSU, Dr. Bethell served as Senior Vice President of the Foundation for Accountability. Dr. Bethell earned her Masters in Public Health and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley and has earned a PhD in Health Services and Policy Research from the University of Chicago in 1996.
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