Wendy D. Lynch, Ph.D.
Dr. Wendy Lynch is Executive Director the Health as Human Capital Foundation and Vice President of Strategic Development for HCMS, Inc. Both companies are part of the triad of companies known as the HCMSGroup - dedicated to providing better information for better decision-making in health care and business.
Trained at the University of Colorado, she earned a doctorate in Research and Evaluation Methodology in 1986. In academics, Dr. Lynch has served as assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and as faculty in the School of Public Health at Yale. Currently, she holds adjunct positions at both the University of Wyoming School of Business and the University of Colorado.
Her career has included roles as an educator and consultant. Educated at the University of Colorado at Boulder, she earned a Doctorate in Research and Evaluation Methodology. Wendy has applied her skills in research design and evaluation to several pivotal studies in the fields of health management, productivity assessment and human capital management.
The HCMS Group Human Capital Management Model emphasizes the importance of integrated information in understanding economic incentives and other cost drivers needed for a market solution to the current health benefits cost and quality problem. More information about Dr. Lynch's research and recent publications can be found at www.hhcfoundation.org and on the Foundation's blog: www.hhcf.blogspot.com.
