Harry Greenspun

{{Short description|American physician}}

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Harry Greenspun is a physician-executive and co-author of the book, “Reengineering Healthcare: A Manifesto for Radically Rethinking Health Care Delivery” with Jim Champy{{Cite web |url=http://www.reengineeringhealthcare.com/ |title=Reengineering Health Care | the newest book from Jim Champy and Dr. Harry Greenspun |access-date=2011-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202144700/http://www.reengineeringhealthcare.com/ |archive-date=2011-02-02 |url-status=dead }} Currently he serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Guidehouse LLP.{{Cite web|url=https://guidehouse.com/capabilities/industries/public-health|title=Public Health | Guidehouse|website=guidehouse.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/harry-greenspun-md-joins-guidehouse-as-chief-medical-officer-300759759.html|title=Harry Greenspun, MD Joins Guidehouse as Chief Medical Officer|website=www.prnewswire.com}}

He serves on the World Economic Forum’s Global Health Advisory Board,{{Cite web |url=http://www.schwabfound.org/en/Communities/GlobalHealth/Whoisinvolved/GlobalHealthAdvisoryBoard/index.htm |title=World Economic Forum - Global Health Advisory Board |access-date=2011-02-23 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721025302/http://www.schwabfound.org/en/Communities/GlobalHealth/Whoisinvolved/GlobalHealthAdvisoryBoard/index.htm |url-status=dead }} was chairman of the HIMSS Government Relations Roundtable, and is a co-chair of the HIMSS task force that created the white paper, “Enabling Healthcare Reform Using Information Technology”.{{Cite web |url=http://www.himss.org/2009calltoaction/HIMSSCallToActionDec2008.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-02-22 |archive-date=2010-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204095906/http://www.himss.org/2009calltoaction/HIMSSCallToActionDec2008.pdf |url-status=dead }} He has also made recommendations to the Obama administration and Congress on the importance of health IT investment.{{Cite web |url=http://www.himss.org/ASP/ContentRedirector.asp?type=HIMSSNewsItem&ContentId=73517 |title=HIMSS - News: Meet our Member: Greenspun hits #18 on Modern Healthcare's '50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare' |access-date=2011-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726151213/http://www.himss.org/ASP/ContentRedirector.asp?type=HIMSSNewsItem&ContentId=73517 |archive-date=2011-07-26 |url-status=dead }}

Before joining Guidehouse, Greenspun served as Chief Medical Officer for Northrop Grumman Corporation and for Dell, and provided subject matter expertise, thought leadership, and strategic direction for the company. He is an educator and consultant, sharing his expertise and experience for many organizations including the Advisory Board Company. He also sits on boards for Tufts University, George Mason University, and BNA.

In 2010, Modern Healthcare magazine named Greenspun one of the "50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare."{{Cite web|url=https://www.informit.com/authors/bio/57d4a041-6fde-48a0-b84e-aa930c03aedf|title=Harry Greenspun | InformIT|website=www.informit.com}}

Greenspun received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University and his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he served as chief resident in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthcareitnews.com/category/resource-topic/government|title=Government & Policy|website=Healthcare IT News}}