Francois Sainfort received his Engineer Diploma,
DEA, and Doctorate from the prestigious Ecole Centrale in Paris, France.
Francois Sainfort is a well known name in healthcare industry. Francois Sainfort’s
research and expertise focus on helping patients and consumers to make
better decisions about their own health, especially under conditions of
risk and uncertainty. Francois Sainfort has worked immensely in this
direction. Dr. Francois Sainfort, Ph.D. joined ISyE in
2000 as professor and director of the Health Systems Research Centre.
Francois Sainfort was an immense contributor and was one of the authors
to publish Journal article “Maximizing your investment in EHR, Utilizing
EHRs to inform continuous quality improvement”. By this article Francois Sainfort
explained a framework for measurement in healthcare and describes how
EHRs provide the infrastructure necessary to measure care processes. In
addition, a case study contrasts measurement challenges faced by one
hospital system prior to EHR implementation with simplified measurement
processes enabled through EHR. Utilizing EHR as a measurement tool to
enable ongoing quality improvement efforts enables care providers to
increase the value they receive from investing in EHR.
Dr. Francois Sainfort
is the current Director of the Health Systems Research Center. Dr.
Francois Sainfort is a current or past editorial board member for
several leading journals, and periodically reviews manuscripts for many
other journals. Francois Sainfort’s research and
expertise focus on helping patients and consumers to make better
decisions about their own health, especially under conditions of risk
and uncertainty. Francois Sainfort has received research funding from
the federal government, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
the Health Care Financing Administration, the National Institute of
Aging, the National Library of Medicine, the Centers for Disease
Control, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Defense
as well as funding from industry. Francois Sainfort is a phenomenal
thinker and has served on numerous conferences scientific committees.
Francois Sainfort has been appreciated with a wide range of honors for
his dedication towards his work. With his knowledge and experience
acquired over the years, Francois Sainfort has worked on humanitarian
grounds with which many people have been benefited.
