As the new CEO of the Yale New Haven Health system, Christopher O’Connor has several priorities he wants to tackle. They include improving patient care, ensuring the system’s financial stability and growth, attracting talent, and building the system’s partnerships with the Yale School of Medicine and Yale University. O’Connor officially took the reins from longtime […]
As the new CEO of the Yale New Haven Health system, Christopher O’Connor has several priorities he wants to tackle.
They include improving patient care, ensuring the system’s financial stability and growth, attracting talent, and building the system’s partnerships with the Yale School of Medicine and Yale University.
O’Connor officially took the reins from longtime CEO Marna Borgstrom in late March, and now leads an organization with more than 28,000 employees.
The system, which reported $5.3 billion in net revenue for fiscal year 2020, includes Yale New Haven Hospital, Bridgeport Hospital, Greenwich Hospital, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London, and Westerly Hospital in Rhode Island.
O’Connor has a lengthy history in health care. Before his promotion, he had various roles, including president, executive vice president and chief operating officer. He previously was president and CEO of the Hospital of St. Raphael before it joined Yale New Haven Hospital.
O’Connor has been instrumental in guiding the health system through the pandemic. He has led initiatives for the system’s growth, including bringing Yale New Haven Hospital and the Hospital of St. Raphael together in 2012. He played a role in the affiliation with Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in 2016 and Bridgeport Hospital’s acquisition of Milford Hospital in 2019.
Looking forward, O’Connor will be overseeing the system’s plans for a new neuroscience center at the St. Raphael campus. He is also involved in the system’s efforts to buy two health networks that include three hospitals now owned by Prospect Medical Holdings. The purchase is currently under regulatory review. According to O’Connor, the acquisition of Manchester Memorial, Rockville General in Vernon and Waterbury Hospital would mean better care for patients statewide.
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