Reporting to the CMO of DUHS, he oversees medical and nursing leaders who convene multi-disciplinary clinical teams across the organization to develop and implement evidence-based approaches to care delivery. Aims include improving patients’ experience, enhancing quality and safety, eliminating waste from care processes, and hardwiring changes into the electronic health record. Duke Care Redesign teams span more than 30 medical and surgical acute and chronic clinical episodes, and improve quality and efficiency of care for more than 30,000 patients annually. George has been invited to speak about Care Redesign at such forums as the International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare and the Brookings Institute.