Molly J. Coye, M.D., M.P.H
CEO, Health Technology Center
Dr. Molly J. Coye is founder and CEO of the Health Technology Center (HealthTech), a non-profit education and research organization established in 2000 to advance the use of beneficial technologies in promoting healthier people and communities.
Today HealthTech provides objective technology forecasts, innovative decision-making tools, and expert learning networks for 45 Partner organizations. Partners include nearly 25 percent of the nation’s hospitals, as well as the country’s leading nonprofit health plans and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, which together cover more than half of all insured Americans.
Dr. Coye has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. She served as Commissioner of Health for the State of New Jersey and Director of the California Department of Health Services, in addition to heading the Division of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, leading marketing and product development for interactive health communication and disease management at HealthDesk Corp, serving as Executive Vice President for the Good Samaritan Health System, and directing The Lewin Group’s West Coast office.
As a member of the Institute of Medicine, Dr. Coye co-authored the reports To Err is Humanand Crossing the Quality Chasm, chaired the Committee on Access to Insurance for Children, and co-chaired the Committee on Patient Safety Data Standards.
Dr. Coye is on the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association and is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), one of the largest and most creative nonprofit organizations working in international health. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Aetna, Inc. Dr. Coye was a founding board member of The California Endowment, the largest private health care philanthropy in California, and served for eight years as a member of the Board of Directors of the China Medical Board.
Dr. Coye holds M.D. and M.P.H. degrees from Johns Hopkins University and is board certified by the American College of Preventive Medicine. She also received an M.A. in Chinese History from Stanford University, and is the author of two books on Chinese history.
Dr. Coye has been widely recognized as a leader in healthcare, and is selected on a regular basis as one of the most influential leaders, women in healthcare and physician leaders in the United States by Modern Healthcare magazine.
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