Gordon D. Brown, PhD, is professor emeritus in the Department of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, where he served as department chair for 28 years. He has worked as a consultant on health system development and global health systems and as a scientist for the World Health Organization. Dr. Brown was also chair of the Commission on Accreditation for Health Management Education and a founding director and faculty member of the National Center for Managed Health Care Administration. He is the author of numerous articles and books. He has held faculty appointments at the Pennsylvania State University and the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. He earned his MHA and PhD degrees from the University of Iowa. Books published by Health Administration Press: Health Informatics: A Systems Perspective, Second Edition