Eric Newman, MD

President
ELAN Consulting Company

Eric D. Newman MD is the former Director of Quality and Innovation for the Medicine Institute at Geisinger in Danville, Pennsylvania. Among his awards and honors, he has been named to Best Doctors in America yearly since 2001, received the Clinical Practice Management Award from the American College of Physicians in 2007, the Paulding Phelps Award for outstanding service to patients, community and the practice of medicine from the American College of Rheumatology in 2008, and the inaugural Henry Hood Medal for Clinical Excellence from the Geisinger Health System Board of Directors in 2012. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters and is the co-author of “Great Health Care – Making it Happen” (Springer Publishing, 2012). In addition to his administrative, research, and clinical work, Dr. Newman is very active in quality improvement and process redesign, especially as it relates to the use of health information technology. He has led multiple projects designed to improve the quality of care for patients, including the development of specialized visual display software to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery. His latest work surrounds the integration of specialty and primary care physicians, improving communication and care hand-offs, and developing novel value-based care models.