For the last 35 years Christine Hughes has specialized in the economic and business aspects of medicine. She brings a unique perspective due to her broad client base, consisting of physician groups, hospitals, manufacturers, trade groups, disease state NFPs and the financial community. Her thought leadership in economic and financial modeling is employed by clients to develop marketing, reimbursement, outcomes research and policy strategies.  She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison in Economics, and has completed a year of post-graduate work in Health Information Management at University of Illinois at Chicago, which combines distance learning with hospital-based practicum training, and completed a post-graduate certificate in Health Economics and Outcomes Research from the University of Washington.