AMINUL HASAN, MBBS, MPH, PhD

Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety Leader | International Faculty | Health Systems and Policy Consultant | Quality Improvement Specialist

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Dr Md Aminul Hasan is a healthcare quality expert with approximately three decades of experience in public health leadership, healthcare quality management, health systems strengthening, and health financing. He serves as faculty with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and has professional experience in health sector consultancy, quality improvement, and capacity building.

I am a public health and healthcare quality professional with approximately three decades of leadership experience in public health administration, healthcare quality management, health systems strengthening, health financing, and social health protection.

My professional journey encompasses public sector leadership, health systems consultancy, international faculty engagement, healthcare quality improvement, policy development, and professional capacity building. I have contributed to initiatives aimed at strengthening healthcare governance, improving service quality, promoting patient safety, and advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

My experience includes leadership responsibilities within Bangladesh’s public health system as a Director Hospital, DGHS, MOHFW, Consultancy engagement with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and UNICEF, and faculty engagement with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).

I also serve in professional leadership roles as Member Secretary of the Forum for Universal Health Coverage and Member Secretary of Quality Care Network, supporting collaboration, knowledge exchange, and advocacy for equitable, safe, and high-quality healthcare. I am also currently the board member of ASQua

My professional approach combines strategic leadership, evidence-informed decision-making, practical quality improvement methodologies, and collaborative engagement to translate health policy priorities into measurable improvements in healthcare delivery.

Through my work with Quality Care Concern ( As a CEO & Founder) and professional networks, I seek to strengthen healthcare systems, support institutional learning, develop professional capacity, and promote a culture in which quality and patient safety are integral to every healthcare service.

PROFESSIONAL MISSION

To advance safe, effective, equitable, and patient-centred healthcare through quality improvement, health systems strengthening, evidence-informed policy, professional collaboration, and sustainable capacity development.

CORE AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Healthcare Quality Management and Quality Improvement
Patient Safety and Clinical Governance
Public Health Leadership and Administration
Health Systems Strengthening and Reform
Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
Health Financing and Social Health Protection
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Health Policy and Strategic Programme Management
Healthcare Quality Measurement and Performance Improvement
Hospital and Clinic Management
Community Health and Noncommunicable Disease Prevention
Capacity Building, Training, and Facilitation
Patient Experience and Person-Centred Care
Quality Management Systems and Laboratory Quality Assurance

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND LEADERSHIP

Faculty — Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

I contribute as faculty with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, engaging in professional learning and capacity-building activities related to healthcare quality improvement.

My areas of contribution include quality improvement methodology, measurement for improvement, patient safety, leadership for quality, and the practical application of improvement approaches in healthcare settings.

I value the opportunity to support healthcare professionals in translating improvement concepts into practical action and developing sustainable approaches to better healthcare.

Consultant — UNICEF

My consultancy engagement with UNICEF forms part of my professional contribution to health-related programme and systems improvement, Development of SWAP in Bangladesh, Development of QI Strategy and different tools . protocols.

This experience complements my broader interests in public health, health systems strengthening, programme effectiveness, quality of care, and evidence-informed approaches to improving health services.

Specific assignments, programme responsibilities, and deliverables may be documented separately where disclosure is appropriate.

Consultant — Sector Programme, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh

I have served as a consultant to a sector programme under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh.

This experience has contributed to my understanding of public health programme management, health sector priorities, institutional coordination, and the importance of integrating quality improvement into health system planning and implementation.

Member Secretary — Forum for Universal Health Coverage

As Member Secretary of the Forum for Universal Health Coverage, I contribute to professional engagement and collaborative dialogue around the advancement of Universal Health Coverage.

The forum’s areas of interest include equitable access to healthcare, quality of services, health system accountability, financial protection, and the policy and institutional changes needed to improve health outcomes.

Member Secretary — Quality Care Network

As Member Secretary of Quality Care Network, I support professional collaboration, knowledge sharing, and initiatives that promote healthcare quality improvement and patient safety.

The network provides a platform for healthcare professionals to exchange experiences, share practical improvement approaches, encourage learning, and strengthen the culture of quality across healthcare settings.

Founder and Professional Lead — Quality Care Concern

Through Quality Care Concern, I pursue professional interests in healthcare quality management, quality improvement, advisory support, knowledge sharing, and capacity building.

The platform reflects my commitment to connecting healthcare quality concepts with practical implementation, professional learning, and sustainable improvements in service delivery.

SELECTED PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES

1. Community-Based Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Screening — Pabna, Bangladesh

Organisation: Life Care Foundation
Focus: Community health, screening, prevention, and local health information

A community-based initiative undertaken through Life Care Foundation in Pabna has focused on household-level engagement and screening-related activities for noncommunicable diseases.

Reported programme data include:

Approximately 11,000 households surveyed.
Information collected on 29,205 people.
Coverage across five wards.
Reported screening-related findings of hypertension in 22%, diabetes in 10%, and obesity in 9% of the assessed population.

The initiative illustrates the potential of community-level engagement and health information to identify health needs, support prevention, inform local planning, and strengthen linkages between communities and healthcare services.

Key areas of learning and development include:

Community engagement and participation.
Early identification of NCD-related risk.
Use of local information to guide health planning.
Appropriate referral and follow-up of people identified through screening.
Integration of prevention and health promotion into community health activities.
Opportunities to strengthen continuity of care and monitoring.

The initiative reflects my interest in connecting community-level health needs with broader health systems strengthening and quality improvement.

The reported findings should be interpreted according to the programme’s screening methods, case definitions, and denominators. They should not be presented as representative population prevalence without appropriate supporting evidence.

2. Patient Voice for Quality Care

Focus: Patient experience, person-centred care, and healthcare accountability

Patient Voice for Quality Care is an initiative intended to strengthen the role of patients’ experiences in healthcare quality improvement.

The initiative seeks to encourage systematic listening, constructive feedback, and organisational learning so that healthcare providers and institutions can better understand patients’ needs and identify opportunities to improve care.

Potential areas of contribution include:

Promoting respectful and responsive healthcare.
Encouraging patient engagement in quality improvement.
Identifying gaps in communication and service experience.
Supporting the responsible use of patient feedback.
Promoting patient-centred approaches to healthcare accountability.

3. Healthcare Quality Improvement and Capacity Building

Focus: Quality improvement methods, professional learning, and measurement

My professional activities include promoting practical quality improvement approaches that help healthcare professionals define improvement aims, select meaningful indicators, analyse performance, test changes, and learn from implementation.

Key methodological interests include:

The Model for Improvement.
Plan–Do–Study–Act (PDSA) cycles.
Aim statements and measurable objectives.
Quality indicators and measurement for improvement.
Run charts and interpretation of performance data.
Root cause analysis and corrective action.
Team-based improvement planning.
Sustaining and spreading successful changes.

My preferred approach emphasises practical exercises, real-world cases, collaborative learning, and the development of actionable improvement plans.

4. Health Systems Strengthening and Universal Health Coverage

Focus: Quality, equity, financing, governance, and policy

My professional interests include strengthening the relationship between access to healthcare, service quality, financial protection, and health system accountability.

I believe that progress towards Universal Health Coverage requires not only access to services but also reliable, safe, effective, equitable, and responsive care.

Through professional leadership, policy engagement, and collaboration, I support dialogue on how quality improvement can be integrated into health sector planning, management, and implementation.

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT APPROACH

My approach to healthcare quality improvement is grounded in the principle that sustainable improvement requires more than inspection or compliance.

It requires leadership commitment, reliable data, teamwork, patient engagement, a supportive organisational culture, and continuous learning.

I emphasise the practical application of established improvement methods to help healthcare organisations:

Identify priority problems and understand their underlying causes.
Establish clear, measurable improvement aims.
Select appropriate process and outcome indicators.
Test changes through structured improvement cycles.
Monitor performance and learn from data.
Embed successful changes into routine practice.
Share learning across teams and institutions.

The ultimate objective is to make quality improvement part of everyday healthcare management and professional practice.

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

My professional interests include the generation and application of evidence to improve healthcare quality, health system performance, and patient outcomes.

Key areas of interest include:

Healthcare quality measurement and improvement.
Patient safety and clinical governance.
Patient-reported experience and person-centred care.
Health systems strengthening and Universal Health Coverage.
Health financing and social health protection.
Community health and noncommunicable disease prevention.
Implementation and sustainability of quality improvement.
Digital health, data use, and healthcare performance.
Health policy and programme effectiveness.

This portfolio will be updated with verified publications, research outputs, conference abstracts, presentations, and policy contributions, including appropriate bibliographic details and links.

TRAINING, FACULTY AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Professional learning and capacity building are central to my interests in healthcare quality and health systems strengthening.

My areas of training and facilitation include:

Quality improvement methodology and PDSA.
Measurement for improvement and quality indicators.
Patient safety and clinical governance.
Leadership for quality and organisational improvement.
Health systems performance and quality management.
Improvement project design and implementation.
Data interpretation and evidence-informed decision-making.

My training philosophy emphasises practical application, collaborative problem-solving, real-world case studies, and measurable improvement.

Through faculty engagement and professional learning activities, I seek to support healthcare professionals in building the knowledge and practical skills needed to improve the quality and safety of care.

TOOLS AND PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES

I am interested in developing, adapting, and sharing practical resources that support healthcare quality improvement and professional learning.

Relevant categories include:

Quality Improvement Resources

Model for Improvement worksheets.
PDSA documentation templates.
Aim statement development tools.
Quality indicator reference sheets.
Run chart templates.
Improvement project documentation.

Quality Management and Laboratory Resources

Standard Operating Procedure templates.
Internal Quality Control review tools.
External Quality Assessment trend review.
Laboratory audit checklists.
Root cause analysis frameworks.
Corrective and Preventive Action documentation.

Training and Learning Materials

Training presentations.
Facilitator guides.
Case studies and group exercises.
Healthcare quality learning materials.
Quality improvement assessment tools.

Only appropriate, verified, and authorised materials will be made available through this portfolio.

POLICY, LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY

My professional philosophy recognises that healthcare quality is both a service delivery priority and a health system responsibility.

Sustainable improvement requires alignment between policy, financing, governance, leadership, organisational culture, professional practice, and patient participation.

My areas of policy and leadership interest include:

Integrating quality of care into Universal Health Coverage.
Strengthening accountability for healthcare quality and patient safety.
Promoting evidence-informed health policy.
Supporting health systems strengthening and programme effectiveness.
Advancing health financing and social health protection.
Encouraging meaningful patient and community participation.
Strengthening a culture of continuous improvement.

I am particularly interested in approaches that connect national and organisational priorities with practical, measurable improvements in healthcare delivery.

PROFESSIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Quality is not achieved through inspection alone. It requires leadership, reliable measurement, teamwork, accountability, and continuous learning.

Patient safety is not an isolated programme; it is a fundamental responsibility of every healthcare organisation.

Data are most valuable when they help people understand performance, identify opportunities, test changes, and learn.

Policies are most effective when they translate into meaningful improvements in people’s experience of care.

I believe that the ultimate measure of healthcare quality is the extent to which healthcare systems improve the safety, effectiveness, equity, outcomes, and dignity of the people they serve.

COLLABORATION AND PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT

I welcome opportunities to collaborate with healthcare institutions, universities, professional networks, development partners, researchers, and quality improvement teams.

Areas for potential collaboration include:

Healthcare quality improvement and patient safety.
Health systems strengthening and Universal Health Coverage.
Quality management and clinical governance.
Health policy and programme improvement.
Training, facilitation, and professional capacity building.
Research and evidence-informed policy dialogue.
Community health and NCD prevention.
Patient experience and person-centred healthcare.

CONTACT

For professional enquiries, consultancy opportunities, faculty engagements, speaking invitations, training assignments, and collaborative initiatives, please use the contact information available through the Quality Care Concern website.

Advancing quality. Strengthening health systems. Improving lives.

This portfolio presents selected professional experience, appointments, interests, and initiatives. Specific consultancy assignments, institutional affiliations, project outcomes, and publications should be supported by appropriate documentation and disclosed in accordance with relevant confidentiality and professional requirements.

Professional Portfolio I Dr Md Aminul Hasan