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John R. Morrow is an advisor, strategist and entrepreneur in the health care information sector, and thought-leading advocate for more transparent and performance-based informed medical decision making.

He has been instrumental in the creation of four health care systems and benchmarking companies and advised dozens of others seeking to make a market in health care.  He has served as; CEO, publisher, strategy advisor, founder, and acquisition consultant to both public and privately held health care information companies.

Morrow has challenged the health care provider industry by creating leading national and international performance and benchmarking programs around Quality, Patient Safety, Operational and Clinical Performance and Value. Morrow created the first-ever national hospital benchmarking initiative; 100 Top Hospitals: Benchmarks for Success™ while a Principal at HCIA and has recently launched the first-ever program to help hospitals and consumer measure Value through the Hospital Value Index™.

Morrow is embarking on a hybrid of consumer / provider engagement through his latest initiative due out in 2011, named Distinguished Doctors™.

Morrow is the principal of The Ratings Guy, LLC, and advises information and new media companies using content in B2C and B2B health care industries.

Recent advisory projects include:

• Industry advisor to a publicly traded health information survey and research company,
• Advisor to a venture backed consumer health information company,
• Senior advisor to a leading health information decision support content provider,
• Technical advisor to private equity firm involved in M&A transaction,
• Senior advisor to a private-equity backed hospital outcomes and performance improvement company,
• Advisor to an application development company deploying Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault PHR engines,
• Restructuring advisor to a public health disease registry systems provider,
• Publisher of The Ratings Guy™ Guide to Great Consumer Web sites.

Morrow’s corporate experience includes:

• The Ratings Guy LLC - Principal
• HealthGrades Inc. – Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
• HCIA/Solucient (now Thomson-Reuters) – Senior Vice President and Publisher
• CHKS Ltd – Chief Executive Officer
• Ferranti International plc – Group General Manager

Morrow initiated his health care career as a volunteer cardiographic technician at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. Later he would implement and support advanced hospital management information systems for several vendors ultimately leading him to thought leadership roles in the hospital benchmarking and decision support industry where he founded or created:

• 100 Top Hospitals™ Programs - Now Thomson-Reuters
• The Patient Satisfaction Index™ - Now National Research Corporation
• The Hospital Value Index™ - Now Data-Advantage, a Press Ganey Associates property
• Distinguished Doctor™ - A Ratings Guy initiative.
• Blue Button Health™ - Data Fusion for Health Business Intelligence
  

Morrow is involved in a variety of ratings and ranking initiatives ranging from Web sites to physicians, hospitals and health plans through www.TheRatingsGuy.com.

Morrow, an Eagle Scout, holds a degree from the Sellinger School of Business, Loyola University.  He resides in Belfast, Maine with his wife and young adult triplets.