Bill Adams

Minnesota

Bill Adams is a consultant who lives in west central Minnesota and works in government and public policy issues, specializing in healthcare and rural issues.

Bill has been involved with improving the patient experience, lowering health care costs and improving the health of the population. He has served on the Patient Advisory Council of Institute of Clinical Systems Improvement, is on the Patient Engagement Advisory Committee of the American Board of Internal Medical Physicians Foundation, is an Ambassador for the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, was a consumer representative for Minnesota Community Measurement at Aligning Forces for Quality. He has been involved with patient-centered health care initiatives and has presented on shared-decision making and the patient experience.

Adams is active in his home state and local community as a participant in the Healthy Minnesota Partnership, member of the Citizen Leadership Team for PartnerSHIP 4 Health, member of the PartnerSHIP 4 Health Community Health Board, helped lead the Fergus Falls (MN) Community Conversations on Health, Health Care and Health Care Costs and was on the leadership team of the Otter Tail County (MN) Accountable Community for Health initiative. He is on the Lake Region Healthcare Patient and Family Advisory Council.

He is active with Baby Boomers for Balanced Health Care, a citizen led cultural change initiative to promote a national conversation on the widely held belief that more health care is better health care. They have developed materials to help communities, patients and physicians talk about health care overuse issues and has worked with Consumer Reports Choosing Wisely and HealthPartners.

He earned his BA in history, English and philosophy from Macalester College and did graduate work at the University of Minnesota in the College of Business Administration and Department of South Asian Languages. Previous work experience includes college administration, healthcare marketing and book publishing.