Shelby Harrington, RN, works with clients to develop value-based care strategies and then shape the landscape through policy and regulatory levers such as quality measures, value-based payment models, and large-scale implementation of improvement initiatives. She is a nationally recognized expert in federal quality programs and measure development processes, and is a member of NCQA's Industry Council. Shelby also drives a focus on patient-centered drug development and value messages through qualitative and mixed-methods research to characterize patient-centric outcomes (e.g., improved mental health, relationships, employment, ability to parent) and patient preferences and priorities for treatment. Before joining Avalere Health, Shelby led clinical product and strategy at Nurx, a direct-to-consumer telemedicine startup. Previously, she served as senior product director for quality and regulatory technology at Premier, Inc., overseeing hospital regulatory products, provider registries, provider MIPS solutions, and value analytics products. Before that, Shelby worked as director of clinical excellence for the Advisory Board Company's Crimson Population Health software suite, where she led deployment of evidence-based care plans and launched a population health quality reporting solution. Shelby began her career at Carolinas HealthCare System-now Atrium Health-as a staff nurse in orthopedics and trauma care before progressing to leadership roles in quality and patient safety for inpatient acute and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals. Shelby holds a bachelor's degree in public policy analysis from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing from Virginia Commonwealth University.
