Anne-Marie J. Audet, M.D., MSc., holds the position of Vice President, Quality Improvement and Efficiency at The Commonwealth Fund. Dr. Audet has worked in the field of quality improvement for over 20 years and brings a deep understanding of the science of quality improvement, as well as an appreciation of the barriers and enablers that come into play when having to translate knowledge into real-world situations. At the national level, Dr. Audet worked in policy analysis at the American College of Physicians. At the state level, she led the implementation of the Medicare Health Care Quality Improvement Program in Massachusetts while working at the Massachusetts Peer Review Organization. More recently, she worked at the level of a health care institution and an integrated network of care with CareGroup. Dr. Audet served as director of the Office for Clinical Effectiveness/Process Improvement at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where she was responsible for development of quality measurement systems, educational programs, and institution-wide medication safety initiatives. She was co-editor of "Clinical Crossroads," a series published monthly in the Journal of the American Medical Association. She was assistant professor in Medicine at Harvard University. She serves on the Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation Board and more recently was appointed to the Institute of Medicine Subcommittee on Quality Improvement Organizations' Evaluation. Dr. Audet holds a B.Sc. in cell and molecular biology and an M.D. and M.Sc. in Epidemiology from McGill University and an S.M. in health policy and management from Harvard University.