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Experienced healthcare leadership underlies each and every interaction with our partners. Utilizing these strengths, in combination with those in each of the organizations with whom we work, guarantees the best of possible outcomes for patients, caregivers, physicians, community, the respective organization and the healthcare industry as a whole.
christopher m cornue
Mr. Cornue has been leading operational, quality, clinical, physician and growth strategies for over 15 years in the healthcare industry. Most recently, he served as chief executive officer of McKee Medical Center in northern Colorado, where he led the organization to strong financial performance, top decile quality outcomes nationally, 99th percentile patient satisfaction results, service line strategy development, conversion from paper to a fully digital hospital (with the implementation of an electronic medical record and computerized provider order entry systems), creation of secondary service area strategies, and the introduction of new technology (including a daVinci surgical robot, low-dose emitting 64 slice CT, electronic ICU, among other advances).
Previously he served at vice president at Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center (MSHMC), a 432-bed Level-1 Trauma Center, on Chicago’s near West side from 2004-2008. Included among his areas of responsibility there were the Departments of Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesiology, Pathology, Perioperative Services, Laboratories, Physician Development, Trauma Services and Service Line Development. In addition to these responsibilities, he led efforts to address disparities and improve quality in the Chicago Metropolitan Area as 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 collaboration site visits and work with, among others, the following:
- Improvement Foundation, Manchester, UK
- NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, Edinburgh & Glasgow, Scotland
- Healthcare Commission, London, UK
- Dr. Foster’s Intelligence, London, UK
- NHS Northwest England Hospitals, Bolton & Manchester, UK
Through these relationships, Mr. Cornue hopes to contribute to the efforts addressing healthcare quality, access, disparities, policy and operations globally. He has been a frequent speaker both nationally and internationally. Also a member of the American Public Health Association (APHA), Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), and the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), he became a Certified Healthcare Executive (CHE) in 2005 and a Fellow (FACHE) in 2007.