by Tony Chen

I'm pleased to announce that Christopher Cornue has joined the hospital impact blogging team. Christopher is currently a Vice President at Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center and brings a great breadth and depth of healthcare experience. His bio is below.

Mr. Cornue has been leading operational, quality, clinical and growth strategies at Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center (MSHMC), a 325-bed Level-1 Trauma Center, on Chicago’s near West side since 2004. Included among his areas of responsibility are the Departments of Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesiology, Pathology, Perioperative Services, Laboratories, Physician Development, Trauma Services and Service Line Development. In addition to these responsibilities, he is leading efforts to address disparities and improve quality in the Chicago Metropolitan Area as an Executive Sponsor of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care national collaborative project. Prior to his time at MSHMC, Mr. Cornue worked with sixteen major academic medical centers nationwide in his role with University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) in the identification of strategic cost containment & revenue enhancement opportunities and the development of operational strategies. Prior to UHC, he held several leadership roles at the University of Chicago Hospitals and the University of Chicago. He also provided operational consulting to an international start-up company in Belgium.

Mr. Cornue received his Bachelor of Science (Biology & Chemistry) and Masters of Science in Health Services Administration degrees from Gannon University. Active in the identification of international health care strategies, he is a member of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), International Union for Health Promotion & Health Education (IUHPE), and the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. Furthering international healthcare strategies and partnerships, he has completed a collaboration site visit with the Improvement Foundation, based in Manchester, UK and will be visiting with the NHS Quality Improvement – Scotland Group in May 2007 and the London-based Healthcare Commission in October 2007. Through these relationships, Mr. Cornue hopes to contribute to the efforts addressing healthcare quality, access, disparities, policy and operations globally. Also a member of the American Public Health Association (APHA), Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), Chicago Health Executives Forum (CHEF) and the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), he became a Certified Healthcare Executive (CHE) in 2005 and a Fellow (FACHE) in 2007.

Also wanted to note that Jared Johnson has decided leave his hospital PR post and move onto greener pastures. So, we thank Jared for his contribution to Hospital Impact and his thoughtful posts on transparency.