Jeff Brown, MEd

Jeff Brown, MEd

Jeff has more than 20 years’ experience applying human factors and systems-design principles to improve the safety, efficiency, and efficacy of health care. He has supported both quality improvement and research initiatives in civilian and military healthcare organizations and draws upon experience not only in health care, but from lessons learned in support of collaborative improvement in many safety-critical domains. These include border security, public safety, flight operations, regional electrical transmission, and naval operations, among others. For the past 6 years he has focused on the improvement of rural health and primary care. The first twenty years of Jeff’s career were in aviation, as a pilot and educator. He is a co-recipient of a 2002 John M. Eisenberg award for System Innovation. He earned his M.Ed. and B.S. degrees from the University of Maine.