Rachel Harrington, PhD, is Senior Product Strategist at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). In this role she leads the development and evolution of NCQA's patient-centered program initiatives, focusing on improving health care quality, reducing disparities, and ensuring everyone can achieve their best possible health. This continues a body of work focusing on methods to improve data, promote transparency, incentivize closure of quality gaps and, ultimately, improve systems of care. A nationally recognized expert in healthcare quality and equity, Dr. Harrington has served as an advisor for initiatives at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Quality Forum and the National Academy of Medicine. Prior to joining NCQA, she spent over 10 years in industry and academic health system settings with extensive experience in the areas of risk-adjusted utilization, medication safety, economic modeling and patient engagement in research.  Dr. Harrington holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.