December 7, 2009 |
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Joseph Swedish Elected to National Quality Forum Board
Washington, DC (December 7, 2009) - The membership of the National Quality Forum (NQF) elected Joseph R. Swedish, President and CEO of Trinity Health, to its Board of Directors. With the appointment, Swedish becomes the only Catholic health system CEO on the NQF board representing a wide range of healthcare stakeholders, including consumers, providers, purchasers and suppliers, and public and community health care organizations. NQF is a unique, multi-stakeholder, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of American health care by setting national priorities and goals for performance improvement, endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance, and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs. The NQF Board of Directors oversees the entirety of the organization, with a focus on strategic policy issues, and performs important fiduciary duties. The 33-member Board is composed of key public and private sector leaders who represent all major stakeholder groups. The Board is advised by NQF’s member councils on the organization’s and strategy and direction. |
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For a full list of the NQF Board of Directors, visit the Board’s roster on the NQF website. The mission of the National Quality Forum is to improve the quality of American healthcare by setting national priorities and goals for performance improvement, endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance, and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs. NQF, a non-profit organization (www.qualityforum.org) with diverse stakeholders across the public and private health sectors, was established in 1999 and is based in Washington, DC. About Trinity Health Trinity Health is the fourth-largest Catholic health care system in the country. Based in Novi, Mich., Trinity Health operates 44 acute-care hospitals, 379 outpatient facilities, 33 long-term care facilities, and numerous home health offices and hospice programs in eight states. Employing 45,800 full-time staff, Trinity Health reported $7.0 billion in unrestricted revenue in fiscal year 2009. As a not-for-profit health system, Trinity Health reinvests its profits back into the community through programs to serve the poor and uninsured, manage chronic conditions like diabetes, health education and promotion initiatives, and outreach for the elderly. In Fiscal Year 2009, this included nearly $400 million in such community benefits. For more information about Trinity Health, visit www.trinity-health.org or become a fan of the Trinity Health Facebook page at http://tinyurl.com/ylpm3np. | |
