K evin J. Leonard, BComm, MBA, PhD, CMA - Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (HPME), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, July 1996 - present. Founding Director, Patient Destiny (patientdestiny.com), October 2006 – present.
Executive Director, IMPROVE-IT Institute, Indices Measuring Performance Relating Outcomes, Value and Expenditure from Information Technology (improve-it-institute.org), July 2004 – present.
Research Scientist, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, January 2002 – present.
Kevin received his Ph.D. from the Joint Doctoral Program in Montreal where he specialized in Statistics and Information Systems Theory for Business. In 1996, Kevin joined the Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He has two primary areas of research: (i) the creation of a National Patient Advocacy Program along with researching issues pertaining to the development and implementation of new technology in healthcare and, specifically, centralized electronic patient and/or health records (EPR); (ii) the creation and implementation of metrics for performance measurement of the Information Technology investment within healthcare.
Published Book - A Prescription for Patience: A guide to keeping our healthcare system healthy! This is a book that is targeted at all patients. Throughout the book, I present how changing technology has affected our society in a number of industries (education, banking and sports/entertainment) culminating in a discussion on healthcare. I discuss my role in each of these industries as a change agent and illustrate how the industries have matured as a result of rising consumerism and greater expectations relating to information access and delivery. The overall objective is, through the art of storytelling, to illustrate how each of these industries has dealt with change and changing technology and the similarities (and differences) when compared to healthcare. Hopefully, these illustrations will provide insight into moving the healthcare industry forward as well as an incentive to all consumers, the healthy and the patients, to become more involved in their own care and health management and to expect more from health providers.
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