Jen McCabe Gorman

Current

Ranger, Speaker Liaison at Health 2.0
Innovator, Analyst, and Connector at nexthealth
Initiator at The NextHealth Conference

Past

Intern at Health 2.0
Organizer at Health 2.0 Unconference NL
Associate Administrator at Christ House Inc.

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Education

St. Mary's College of Maryland
University of St. Andrews

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Hospital & Health Care

Websites

Jen McCabe Gorman’s Summary

Passionate about sparking healthcare change, Jen covers healthcare/hospital innovation @Health Management Rx, and health policy @Healthcentral.com.

A co-founder of the Nexthealth initiative, Jen connects those committed to improving Dutch care policy, planning, and delivery. As Speaker Liaison for Health 2.0 USA, she's identifying star players in the Health 2.0 sphere.

In her spare time, Jen is neck-deep in consumer-centric health. Current research includes whiteboarding HIT evolution and harnessing the semantic web to spark healthcare change.

Accepted to Georgetown's Master of Health Services Administration program, Jen deferred to study poignant points of international healthcare intersection.

Jen formerly served as Associate Administrator at Christ House, performing ops, HR, safety, & administrative/management functions for the DC-area 33-bed nonprofit medical facility.

Jen cut her teeth as Analyst & Director during start-up phase at The Hanover Research Council (www.hanoverresearch.com), closing the first multiyear membership agreement and cultivating HRCs early development in the hospital/healthcare vertical.

Prior to joining Hanover, Jen developed PM skills via total responsibility (budget & content) for production of a bimonthly magazine, Cast Polymer Connection, at the American Composite Manufacturers' Association.

Ms. Gorman serves as Vice Chair, Board of Directors, for Baltimore-based MEDBANK of Maryland, Inc. (www.medbankmd.org), a nonprofit providing free prescription medications to 35,000 residents via pharmaceutical firms' patient assistance programs (PAPs).

She is a current Washington Metro Society of Healthcare Marketing & PR member and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).

A Paul H. Nitze Scholar, she received her B.A. in Literature, with a minor in Women, Gender, & Sexuality studies, magna cum laude, from St. Mary's College of Maryland (www.smcm.edu).

Jen McCabe Gorman’s Specialties:

Firestarter. Augmenter. Serial connector of healthcare innovators.

Star analyst, using quant/qual methodologies to extrapolate goal definition & assessment.

Internal & external evangelist passionate about illuminating new initiatives, especially within hospital/healthcare & nonprofit strata.

Enjoys cultivating brand identity deep within organizational DNA.

"Finger on the pulse" managing of soft assets and targeted plans for program design, expansion, & implementation.

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Jen McCabe Gorman’s Interests:

Recruiting, investing, cycling, reading for business and pleasure, ancient Egyptian history.

Jen McCabe Gorman’s Groups:

Health 2.0 USA, Health 2.0 Unconference NL, American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), National Capital Healthcare Executives (NCHE - ACHE DC-based chapter), Dress for Success, Washington Metro Society for Healthcare Marketing and PR (WMSHMPR), Linden Circle (Meridian International Center), American Composite Manufacturers Association (ACMA), Innovation Challenge Judge 2007, Ruckus Nation Judge 2007, MEDBANK of Maryland, Health Management Rx; Healthcare Bloggers, MEDS Publishing, Medicine 2.0 Congress, SWWS 2008