Christopher Queram

Christopher Queram

Christopher Queram is the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ). WCHQ is a group of multi-specialty physician groups, hospitals, health plans, employers and labor organizations from geographically diverse areas of the state that have come together to develop and share best practices and quality outcomes. Previously, Chris served as as Chief Executive Officer of the Employer Health Care Alliance Cooperative (The Alliance), in Madison, Wisconsin, since 1993. The Alliance, a non-profit cooperative formed by Dane County employers in 1990, partners employers and providers in an effort to improve the cost and quality of the health care system. The Alliance currently serves more than 700 corporations of all sizes in Dane County and southern Wisconsin, representing over 110,000 individual subscribers.

Prior to joining The Alliance, Mr. Queram was employed as a hospital executive in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Queram graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and History and a Master of Arts degree in Health Management (hospital administration).

In addition to his role at The Alliance, Mr. Queram is a member of the State of Wisconsin's boards on Health Care Information and Private Employer Health Care Coverage, a board member (and immediate past chair) of the National Business Coalition on Health, a board member (and past president) of the Wisconsin Business Coalition on Health, and board chair of the Wisconsin Patient Safety Institute. In addition, he is a member of the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance. Mr. Queram served as a member of President Clinton's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry. He served as a member of the Planning Committee for the National Quality Forum and continues as a Board member of the Forum and Chair of the Forum's Purchaser Council. Mr. Queram is a fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives and a clinical instructor for Programs in Health Management at the University of Wisconsin.