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Trinity Health?s Joseph R. Swedish Named Vice Chair ?f Catholic Health Association

Joseph R. Swedish

Novi, Mich. (PRWEB) June 07, 2011

Trinity Health President ?nd Chief Executive Officer Joseph R. Swedish h?? b??n chosen Vice Chairperson/Chairperson-Elect ?f th? Catholic Health Association (CHA) f?r fiscal year 2011-12. Th? election, held yesterday, w?? ??rt ?f th? 2011 Catholic Health Assembly ?n Atlanta, June 5 ? 7. Swedish w?ll lead th? CHA board ?? ?t? chair ?n fiscal year 2012-13.

?A? w? face a future th?t h?? one certainty ? change ? I h??? ???r? confidence th?t Joe?s leadership ?n CHA w?ll b? beneficial t? ?ll Catholic health organizations, ?nd t? health care throughout th? nation, ?? h? ?? particularly gifted ?t leading effective change wh?l? retaining ?nd strengthening ??r commitment t? ??r sacred work,? ???d Mary Mollison, CSA, Chair ?f Trinity Health Board ?f Directors. ?H?? expertise throughout h?? long career ?n health care, coupled w?th h?? leadership style ?nd highly-regarded reputation, w?ll b? ?f gr??t value t? Catholic health care, t? Trinity Health ?nd t? ?ll ?f those w? serve.?

CHA?s board develops th? organization?s strategic directions, ensuring CHA?s fidelity t? ?t? Mission, stewards CHA?s resources ?nd performs ?th?r governance activities t? support ?nd strengthen th? Catholic health ministry ?n th? United States. It consists ?f 24 trustees, including Sr. Carol Keehan, DC, CHA President ?nd Chief Executive Officer. In fiscal year 2011-12, Robert B. Stanek, retired President ?nd CEO, Catholic Health East, Newtown Square, Pa., w?ll serve ?? chair.

CHA, founded ?n 1915, supports th? Catholic health ministry?s commitment t? improve th? health status ?f communities ?nd ?r??t? quality ?nd compassionate health care th?t works f?r everyone. Th? Catholic health ministry ?? th? nation?s l?rg??t group ?f n?t-f?r-profit health systems ?nd facilities th?t, along w?th th??r sponsoring organizations, ?m?l?? more th?n 750,000 women ?nd men wh? deliver services combining advanced technology w?th th? Catholic caring tradition.

Swedish, wh? h?? more th?n 37 years ?n health care, ?? recognized b? CHA f?r h?? legacy ?f vibrant leadership ?nd service excellence. Under h?? direction, Trinity Health h?? leveraged ?t? scale ?nd skill t? provide efficient ?nd effective quality care, implement innovative Health Information Technology programs ?nd establish critical Diversity ?nd Inclusion priorities.

Prior t? joining Trinity Health ?n 2005,Swedish served ?? President ?nd CEO ?f Centura Health ?n Colorado ?nd, previously, held a variety ?f senior executive positions ?n both investor-owned ?nd non-profit health care systems. H?? experience spans faith-based ?nd secular health care, university ?nd community-based academic medical centers, integrated delivery systems ?nd regional rural referral. In addition t? th? CHA board, Swedish currently serves ?? a member ?f th? National Quality Forum Board, th? Health Research ?nd Education Trust, th? Equity ?f Care Committee ?nd th? Health System Governing Council f?r th? American Hospital Association, ?nd th? Coventry Health Care Board ?f Directors.

Ab??t Trinity Health

Trinity Health ?? th? fifth-l?rg??t Catholic health care system ?n th? country. Based ?n Novi, Mich., Trinity Health operates 46 acute-care hospitals, 379 outpatient facilities, 31 long-term care facilities, ?nd numerous home health offices ?nd hospice programs ?n nine states. Employing more th?n 47,000 full-time staff, Trinity Health reported $ 7.0 billion ?n unrestricted revenue ?n fiscal year 2010. A? a n?t-f?r-profit health system, Trinity Health reinvests ?t? profits back ?nt? th? community through programs t? serve th? poor ?nd uninsured, manage chronic conditions l?k? diabetes, health education ?nd promotion initiatives, ?nd outreach f?r th? elderly. In fiscal 2010, th?? included nearly $ 460 million ?n such community benefits. F?r more information ?b??t Trinity Health, visit http://www.trinity-health.org ?r become a fan ?f th? Trinity Health Facebook page ?t http://www.facebook.com/trinityhealth.

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