Symposium sponsored by:

Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies

Department of Health and Human Services

Infectious Diseases Society of America

James D. Bentley, PhD Senior Vice President, Strategic Policy Planning, American Hospital Association Challenges for Hospitals Published proceedings    Raw transcript    Next speaker

Professional Biography
Jim Bentley joined the AHA in 1991 and is presently the Senior Vice President for Strategic Policy Planning at the American Hospital Association. His responsibilities include:

• Developing AHA policy on long-term public policy issues, such as
  1. increasing the number of Americans with health care coverage,
  2. understanding the consumer empowerment implications of the Internet, and
  3. identifying how the human genome will impact hospitals and health systems;
     
• Using policy development to promote unity among provider advocacy organizations; and the
  
• Financing and accreditation of graduate and continuing medical education.

Before joining the AHA, Jim spent 15 years with the Association of American Medical Colleges. Initially responsible for legislative and regulatory activities affecting teaching hospitals, he concluded his AAMC career as Vice President of Clinical Services with responsibility for the Association's program of services for teaching hospitals and faculty practice plans.

Jim spent five years in the U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps and has been on the faculty of George Washington University where he taught medical sociology and health care administration.

In 1998 and 1999, Jim was a member of the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. He has served two terms as a member of the Board of Trustee of Holy Cross Health of Silver Spring, Maryland and continues to serve on its Mission and Planning Committee.

He has published in a wide variety of journals, including Health Affairs, The New England Journal of Medicine, and The Journal of the American Medical Association.

Jim earned his B.A. in Health Facilities Management from Michigan State University and his Ph.D. in Medical Care Organization from the University of Michigan.