TLI Foundation is focused on finding practical solutions to problems plaguing healthcare.
In addressing them, we bring together some of
the most inventive and insightful minds we can muster. But what truly sets us apart is not how capable we are. It’s how impatient we are.
Impatient for things to get better. Impatient with people who think analysis is an end in itself.
The world needs more than that.
The world needs action. Dissecting the problem is not the end. Instigating meaningful, sustainable, systemic change is the end. And that’s what we do.
We’re not here just to re-imagine healthcare. We’re here to re-engineer it.
Making programs more efficient. Making people healthier. And making the country better to? in the process.
From care systems design, federal healthcare
transformation, chronic disease challenges, to international development work – we bring new and imaginative talent that is also highly
experienced in complex organizations.
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Bill Oldham
Founder
Healthcare leader with expertise in US and global development and health technologies, care design, managing chronic disease, and patient advocacy. -
Jim Hackney
Vice Chairman
Highly experienced public and private sector senior leader with global development and finance experience. -
Robert Clerman
Director, Research and Innovation
Nonprofit executive integrating science, technology and strategy for public benefit. -
C. Bruce Green, MD
Chair, Advisory Board
Healthcare leader with global expertise in care systems design, global development, benefits management, managing chronic disease, and innovation. -
Fred Cecere, MD
Executive Director
Physician with expertise in quality management, medical administration, health leadership, advanced technology application and research.
Healthcare organizations face huge challenges.
Everyone agrees on that. And searching for new
ways of improving them by beating the same old
bushes will get us nowhere. We need to explore the
untried. The unexpected.
e problem is, unorthodox ideas are often
theoretical. And you can’t trust them. Unless you
trust the people proposing them. And that is one of
the great advantages of TLIF.
Our principals include former senior leaders with
the Department of Defense and the VA; nonprofit
executives who know how to integrate science,
technology and strategy for public benefit; and
corporate CEOs, physicians and nurse educators
with expertise in research, quality management,
medical administration and advanced technology
application.
Our experience has given us an intimate
understanding of the healthcare ecosystem. And
when we sit down to address a problem, we bring
an intellectual dexterity that we don’t believe
anyone can match.
We’re aware of the issues. We know where
the landmines are. And we understand the
ramifications that a single change can have upon
systems this complex and inter-dependent. All of
which gives the leaders we advise the confidence,
comfort and the courage to make meaningful, and
sometimes daring decisions.
Having spent decades working inside the system,
we’ve seen firsthand the damage that ideological
agendas can cause. We also know that our
success—and our value to you—depends upon us
remaining politically neutral, and professionally
detached. Passionate about the issues, but cold
blooded in developing possible solutions.
Our unifying mandate is to provide you with the
kind of objective analysis you need to formulate
policies that will best serve the people of this
country. Untainted. Unprejudiced. Un-spun.
Besides being politically independent, we are
economically unencumbered. A non-profit
organization, with no board directors to placate,
or shareholders whispering in our ears. As a
result, nothing is o?ff-limits to us. No issues too
sensitive. No questions too indelicate. No
traditions too sacred.
We have no agendas, and no axes to grind.
What we do have is a deep understanding of the
problems. An appreciation for the di? culties you
face in dealing with them. And the means and the
will to fix them
TLIF Finds solutions to cross-cutting challenges such as defining
value in health care, and refocusing patient care.
In collaboration with experts from other non-profits, government
agencies, and educational institutions, we o?ffer the following
tactical services:
- Conduct research
- Facilitate innovation
- Test ideas
- Offer analyses and advisory services
- Facilitate dialogue
- Host forums
- Manage programs
TLI Foundation brings together individuals and organizations who share our commitment to transform health. e foundation provides an open platform where the only goal is to create a societal benefit through collaboration, innovation and thought leadership. With no commercial imperative, we are free to focus the transformational pathways that work best for patients, providers and the communities they live in. We share ideas, data, tools and experiences. Together with our partners, we undertake projects that drive change.
ORGANIZATIONSWe establish partnerships with leading governmental, academic and private sector entities.
INDIVIDUALSFoundation fellows include respected experts and leaders in health, health care and related fields who have:
- A shared passion for improving healthcare and overall health
- Experience working across public, private and international health organizations
- Health care project management and execution experience
- An open, collaborative, insightful, innovative approach to finding solutions
If you would like more information about TLI Foundation or would like to discuss a challenge you’re facing or new initiative you’d like to explore, we’d love to hear from you.
Fred Cecere MD
Vice President/Executive Director
TLI Foundation
8300 Greensboro Drive Suite 800
McLean Virginia 22102
703-752-3749
fred.cecere@thoughtfoundation.org
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