Mike Paskavitz is the Vice President of Candello. He is responsible for the mission, vision and growth of the Candello data collaborative. Mike joined Candello in 2018 with a deep entrepreneurial background in healthcare risk, safety and quality. For 10 years prior to Candello, he served as Vice President and was the senior healthcare executive for two technology-based start-up companies committed to reducing risk and improving safety: Amplifire, an advanced adaptive learning platform, and QuantiaMD, a mobile physician engagement platform.

His roots in patient safety and risk management date back to 1992, when he launched Briefings on Hospital Safety, a national publication focused on safety in hospitals. In 1996, Mike founded the Health Care Safety Institute as a publishing, education and consulting resource on the evolving science of safety in healthcare.

Following a five year consulting engagement to the National Health Service in England, Mike published a book entitled Measuring and Communicating Success in Healthcare (2004, Witherbys on London), which received the British Medical Association’s Silver book award. A journalist by formal training, he has been published in and contributed to numerous healthcare trade journals and publications.