Patient AdvoCare - About Ken Farbstein
Patient AdvoCare

- About Ken Farbstein -

Ken has over 20 years experience in health care. He has advised clinical and administrative leaders in hospitals, medical groups, health maintenance organizations, and Massachusetts state government on ways to improve medication safety and reduce costs through rapid cycle techniques.

Ken has helped CareGroup to win the $25,000 first annual Premier Award for Hospital Medication Safety. He has also helped nine Massachusetts hospitals and a large HMO to reduce medication errors. Other clients include Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Kaiser Permanente, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Japan's Tohoku University, the Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.


Ken has served as a Manager of HMO Quality Improvement for the Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance. Prior to that, he headed the Quality Resource Group in the Boston City Hospital system. Ken has published eight papers on health care and innovation in large organizations. He received an M.P.P. from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and an A.B. with departmental honors from Stanford University.


Ken has had the privilege of working with:

Anna Jaques Hospital

Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
& Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Hebrew Rehabilitation Center

Boston Medical Center

MassHealth
(The Massachusetts Medicaid Program)

Boston Specialty and Rehabilitation Hospital

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, PC

CareGroup

Mt. Auburn Hospital

Cambridge Public Health Commission
(Cambridge and Somerville Hospitals)

Network Health

Deaconess Glover Hospital

New England Baptist Hospital

Deaconess Nashoba Hospital

University of Massachusetts
Memorial Health Care


Please contact us so we can help advocate for you!
kenfarbstein@earthlink.net!



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