Public Biography
Dr. Jonathan Perlin is the 7thPresident and CEO of The Joint Commission Enterprise (The Joint Commission, Joint Commission International, and the National Quality Forum). Previously, as President, Clinical Operations and Chief Medical Officer, HCA Healthcare, Perlin led clinicians, data scientists and researchers in developing a learning health system model for improving care across 189 hospitals. His team’s work achieved recognition for preventing elective pre-term deliveries, reducing maternal mortality, increasing sepsis survival, and developing public-private-academic partnerships for improving infection prevention and treating COVID-19. Before HCA, Dr. Perlin was Under Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He led VA to national prominence for clinical performance and full EHR implementation. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, Perlin has co-chaired academy initiatives on digital health, combatting opioids and climate change. He has served on numerous Boards and Commissions (including MedPAC and the Congressional Budget Office Panel of Health Advisors) and holds faculty appointments at Vanderbilt University as a Clinical Professor of Health Policy and Medicine and at Virginia Commonwealth University as an Adjunct Professor of Health Administration.
Historic ACMI Biography
Dr. Perlin received his Master of Philosophy degree from Cambridge University, followed by a bachelors degree, MD, a PhD in Molecular Neurobiology, and a Masters of Health Administration and Health Services Research all from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He then joined the faculties of the Medical College of Virginia and VCU. As a physician at academically-affiliated Veterans Administration (VA) facilities, he ascended from Assistant Professor of Medicine at the McGuire VA Medical Center, to a succession of posts at VA Central in Washington, including Chief Quality and Performance Officer, acting Chief Research & Development Officer, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, and finally Under Secretary for Health. Dr. Perlin left the VA in August of 2006 to become Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Quality at Hospital Corporation of America. His nomination to the College notes that he has been a prominent leader and spokesperson for the essential role that health information technologies play in improving quality and engaging and empowering individuals in the management of their own health and health care. His election to the College recognizes these sustained contributions.
Affiliations
The American College of Medical Informatics
ACMI is a college of elected Fellows from the U.S. and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics. It is the central body for a community of scholars and practitioners who are committed to advancing the informatics field.
Year Elected
2007
Fellows of AMIA (FAMIA)
FAMIA stands for “Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association” and it recognizes the contributions and professional accomplishments of AMIA members who apply informatics skills and knowledge to their practice – be that in a clinical setting, a public or population health capacity, or as a clinical researcher.
Year Inducted
2025