Mark O. Loveless, M.D., has joined Cambridge Management Group as a senior adviser. He has focused on translational medical research and healthcare-delivery systems’ clinical quality, efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Dr. Loveless is now working on improving integrated healthcare teams’ extended resource networks and accelerating the diffusion of innovation in healthcare institutions.
Thus his work dovetails with CMG’s focus on improving coordination among the various parts of the care continuum, most notably now through helping to develop bundled-payment systems.
Dr. Loveless, an internist and infectious-disease specialist, is chief executive and scientific director of MNR Analytics, a research and applied-science consulting firm of healthcare professionals seeking to better understand healthcare-team structure, function and effectiveness.
Previous positions have included his service as medical director for the Influenza and Transplant Medicine groups at Genentech Inc.
He is a clinical associate professor in the Oregon Health Sciences University School of Public Health.
In 2014 his achievements were recognized with a Fellowship in the American College of Physicians.
Mark Loveless received his M.D. from the Honors Medical Program at Northwestern University Medical School and a master’s degree in health administration from the Department of Public Health at the University of Washington.