John R. Griffith - In First Person: An Oral History

Interviewed by Kyle L. Grazier, Ph.D. oOn August 10, 2010

Edited by Kim M. Garber

Sponsored by
American Hospital Association
Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History
and
Health Research & Educational Trust

Chicago, Illinois
2010

John Griffith is the Andrew Pattullo Collegiate Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health and director of the Griffith Leadership Center at the University of Michigan. Professor Griffith has been at Michigan since 1960. He is an educator of graduate students and practicing health care executives. He has served as an examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, chair of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration, and as a commissioner for the Accrediting Commission on Education and Health Services Administration. He‘s the author of numerous publications, including the award-winning text, The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization, which is currently in its 7th edition.