Full Name
Danny van Leeuwen MPH RN OPA
Job Title
Founder
Employer
Health Hats
Speaker Bio
Danny van Leeuwen, known as Health Hats, serves people who help people by leveraging his privilege and experience as a person with disabilities, nurse, care partner, informaticist, and quality management leader to open seats at the table of healthcare governance, design, operations, and research for under-represented and under-served communities. He is committed to health equity, learning, and sharing what works for best health. Danny is especially interested in building capacity so the healthcare system can successfully collaborate with patients and communities to identify and solve intractable problems. Danny worked clinically for 20 years in home, pediatric, emergency, and intensive care. After discovering organizational health, for 25 years, Danny led two EMR implementations and served in quality management leadership in rural, urban, children’s, behavioral health, and managed care systems including work as a consultant. Danny advocates as a podcaster, vlogger, and technical and subject matter expert focusing on pain management, measure and app development, and clinical decision support. Danny is a member of the Patient-Centered Research Institute (PCORI) board of governors, an NQF patient and caregiver engagement advisor, and an Innovation and Value Initiative member.
Danny van Leeuwen