John K. Iglehart
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John K. Iglehart is the founding editor of Health Affairs
. He was also the national correspondent of The New England Journal of Medicine. He held these two editorial leadership positions for 27 years.
Iglehart is an elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and serves on the advisory board of the National Institute For Health Care Management. He was an elected member in the Institute of Medicine of the United States National Academy of Sciences
and served on its Governing Council between 1985 and 1991. He was also the board member of the American Board of Medical Specialties, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and AcademyHealth.
In 2006, Iglehart was awarded the AcademyHealth Chair Award.
, he was the vice president of the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and director of its Washington, D.C. office.
In 1981, Iglehart founded a bimonthly peer-reviewed health care policy academic journal
Health Affairs
under the aegis of Project HOPE
, a nonprofit international health education organization, leading it for 27 years. The journal was called "the bible of health policy" by Washington Post with more than 16 million online page views per year. He stepped down from the position on September 4, 2007 and remained affiliated with the journal in an emeritus capacity.
Since 1981, Iglehart had also been the national correspondent of The New England Journal of Medicine and had written more than 100 essays.
. He was also a journalist-in-residence at Harvard School of Public Health
, and is a founding member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.
Health Affairs
Health Affairs is a peer-reviewed healthcare journal established in 1981 by John K. Iglehart. It was described by The Washington Post as "the bible of health policy". Health Affairs is indexed and/or abstracted in PubMed, MEDLINE, EBSCO databases, ProQuest, LexisNexis, Current Contents/Health...
. He was also the national correspondent of The New England Journal of Medicine. He held these two editorial leadership positions for 27 years.
Iglehart is an elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and serves on the advisory board of the National Institute For Health Care Management. He was an elected member in the Institute of Medicine of the United States National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
and served on its Governing Council between 1985 and 1991. He was also the board member of the American Board of Medical Specialties, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and AcademyHealth.
In 2006, Iglehart was awarded the AcademyHealth Chair Award.
Career
Iglehart held several editorial positions between 1969 to 1979. Before he founded Health AffairsHealth Affairs
Health Affairs is a peer-reviewed healthcare journal established in 1981 by John K. Iglehart. It was described by The Washington Post as "the bible of health policy". Health Affairs is indexed and/or abstracted in PubMed, MEDLINE, EBSCO databases, ProQuest, LexisNexis, Current Contents/Health...
, he was the vice president of the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and director of its Washington, D.C. office.
In 1981, Iglehart founded a bimonthly peer-reviewed health care policy academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
Health Affairs
Health Affairs
Health Affairs is a peer-reviewed healthcare journal established in 1981 by John K. Iglehart. It was described by The Washington Post as "the bible of health policy". Health Affairs is indexed and/or abstracted in PubMed, MEDLINE, EBSCO databases, ProQuest, LexisNexis, Current Contents/Health...
under the aegis of Project HOPE
Project Hope
Project Hope is a Chinese public service project organized by the China Youth Development Foundation and the Communist Youth League Central Committee. Started on October 30, 1989, it aims to bring schools into poverty-stricken rural areas of China, to help children whose families are too poor...
, a nonprofit international health education organization, leading it for 27 years. The journal was called "the bible of health policy" by Washington Post with more than 16 million online page views per year. He stepped down from the position on September 4, 2007 and remained affiliated with the journal in an emeritus capacity.
Since 1981, Iglehart had also been the national correspondent of The New England Journal of Medicine and had written more than 100 essays.
Education and background
Iglehart graduated from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee with a B.S. in JournalismJournalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
. He was also a journalist-in-residence at Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard School of Public Health
The Harvard School of Public Health is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University, located in the Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, which is next to Harvard Medical School. HSPH is considered a significant school focusing on health in the...
, and is a founding member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.