Laura Adams

President & CEO, Rhode Island Quality Institute, Healthcare Innovation Expert, Digital Health Advisor

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Laura Adams Biography

Laura Adams is the President and CEO of the Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI), a center of collaborative innovation that advances health and healthcare transformation. RIQI is the only organization in the nation to win all three of the major HITECH health IT grants which funded CurrentCare (the statewide health information exchange), the RI Regional Extension Center, and the RI Beacon Community. Additionally, under her leadership, RIQI won the 2013 National Council for Community Behavioral Health Excellence Award for Impact.

Laura served on the ONC’s HIT Policy Committee’s Governance Panel for the Nationwide Health Information Network. She is a member of the HIMSS Center for Patient and Family-Centered Care Advisory Group and chaired the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Planning Committee for the “Digital Infrastructure for Population Health and a Learning Healthcare System” workshop series. She has also served as a Special Advisor at the National Academy of Medicine, contributing her expertise to projects focused on Digital Health and Evidence Mobilization.

Laura led the governance consulting for the Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) Initiative, a RWJF-funded collaboration among the American Board of Medical Specialities, and the Boards and Societies of Internal Medicine, Family Physicians, and Pediatrics. She traveled in the U.S. and Europe with W. Edwards Deming studying statistical-based quality improvement. She was the Founder, President, and CEO of Decision Support Systems, a New York-based company specializing in Internet-based healthcare decision support.

Laura has been a faculty member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in Boston since its inception. She directed the IHI Idealized Design of the Intensive Care Unit project and served as faculty in the VHA’s ICU improvement collaborative. She was among the first to bring the principles of healthcare quality improvement to the Middle East, in conjunction with Donald Berwick, MD, and the Harvard Institute for Social and Economic Policy in the Middle East. She served as IHI faculty at the inaugural IHI Middle East Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare in Doha, Qatar, in 2013.

Laura Adams has received multiple accolades for her work, including being named to Becker’s Most Powerful Women in Health IT List. She has received Congressional citations for her visionary leadership and contributions to improving the healthcare system in Rhode Island, along with the University of Northern Colorado’s 2010 Distinguished Alumni award. Her extensive speaking experience includes engagements in 48 states and 13 different countries, making her a sought-after speaker on healthcare improvement and innovation topics globally.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/17/2024.

Laura Adams Speaking Topics

  • Quality and Patient Safety

  • Future of Health Care

  • Information Technology

  • Patient Advocacy

  • Innovation

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