1 For Immediate Release ACHE Announces David Blumenthal as Honorary Fellow CHICAGO, Feb. 11, 2019—David Blumenthal, MD, HFACHE, president, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, has been selected as an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Honorary Fellowship is a special category of ACHE membership. It recognizes individuals who have rendered distinguished service in the healthcare field or in related areas and who would not ordinarily be ACHE members. Blumenthal will receive his Honorary Fellowship on Sunday, March 3, 2019, at the Convocation Ceremony during ACHE’s 62nd Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago. Blumenthal leads The Commonwealth Fund, a national philanthropy engaged in independent research on health and social policy issues. He is formerly the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief health information and innovation officer at Partners Healthcare System in Boston. From 2009 to 2011, he served as the national coordinator for health information technology, charged with building an interoperable, private and secure nationwide health information system and supporting the widespread, meaningful use of health IT. He succeeded in putting in place one of the largest publicly funded infrastructure investments the nation has ever made in such a short time period, in healthcare or any other field. Blumenthal also has been a practicing primary care physician, director of the Institute for Health Policy, and professor of medicine and health policy at Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School. He received his undergraduate, medical and public policy degrees from Harvard University and completed his residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. 2 About the American College of Healthcare Executives The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 48,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ACHE’s mission is to advance our members and healthcare management excellence. ACHE offers its prestigious FACHE® credential, signifying board certification in healthcare management. ACHE's established network of 78 chapters provides access to networking, education and career development at the local level. In addition, ACHE is known for its magazine, Healthcare Executive, and its career development and public policy programs. Through such efforts, ACHE works toward its vision of being the preeminent professional society for leaders dedicated to improving health. The Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives was established to further advance healthcare management excellence through education and research. The Foundation of ACHE is known for its educational programs—including the annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership, which draws more than 4,000 participants—and groundbreaking research. Its publishing division, Health Administration Press, is one of the largest publishers of books and journals on health services management including textbooks for college and university courses. Contact: Eva Chess, JD Vice President Communications and Marketing American College of Healthcare Executives 300 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60606-6698 (312) 424-9420 [email protected] .