Elizabeth Mort, MD, MPH
Elizabeth Mort, MD, MPH
Elizabeth Mort, MD, MPHVice President and Chief Medical Officer - Joint Commission
Primary care physician - Mass General Hospital
Associate Professor - Departments of Medicine - Harvard Medical School
Elizabeth Mort is Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Joint Commission, having jointed the organization in May 2024. In this role, she oversees a Chief Medical Officers/Chief Physicians Council dedicated to healthcare safety issues and the identification of significant emerging trends. Dr. Mort serves as a primary voice of patient safety and the key liaison between Joint Commission and the healthcare safety community. She designs services to further enhance quality and patient safety and works closely with the organizations we serve on accreditation and certification processes. Dr Mort chairs the Joint Commission Chief Medical Officer/Chief Physician Council and she is the Editor in chief of the Joint Commission Journal of Quality and Safety.
She is also a practicing primary care general internist at Mass General Hospital. She served as the Senior Vice President of Quality and Safety, Chief Quality Officer at the MGH and the MGPO from Jan 2013 until May 2023 during which she was responsible for high stakes quality and safety measurement and improvement work across a broad range of initiatives that span the full continuum of care. Prior to serving as SVP, she served in several senior level leadership roles at MGH and Partners Health Care, now Mass General Brigham.
Dr. Mort is nationally recognized as an expert in Quality and Safety. She conducts research and presents nationally and internationally on her research and her lessons learned from her leadership roles. Dr. Mort completed her residency in primary care internal medicine at MGH followed by a fellowship at the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. She received a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan in Health Planning and Administration and Population Planning.
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