(Long Island, NY) Catholic Health Services (CHS) appointed Joel J. Shu, MD, MBA, vice president of clinical transformation and population health. This new role supports the system’s progressive population health strategy and will further position CHS for success. Dr. Shu, who is a board certified anesthesiologist, will oversee these initiatives, reporting to Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer Patrick M. O’Shaughnessy, DO, MBA, FACEP, CHCQM.
“Dr. Shu will work with other key CHS leaders and Dr. Simon Prince and Dr. Jacqueline Delmont of Beacon Health Partners to further advance both inpatient and outpatient population health efforts,” said Dr. O’Shaughnessy. “His strong background in information technology and population health will be a great asset.”
Joel Shu, MD, MBA, named Catholic Health Services vice president of clinical transformation and population health. Credit: CHS.
Population health management (PHM) focuses on organizing and managing the health care delivery system in a way that makes it more clinically effective, more cost effective and safer. PHM encompasses the spectrum of care from doctors’ offices to emergency departments and hospital admission to continued care after discharge. By integrating care and providing better access to treatment, PHM helps to achieve the “Triple Aim” of improving health, enhancing the patient experience and lowering avoidable costs.
Before joining CHS, Dr. Shu was project director of an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) for Jersey City Medical Center, where he held various positions since 2008. He instituted clinical practice changes within the ACO to achieve best practices in areas including bundled payment care, inpatient pain and symptom management program, outpatient cancer rehabilitation program and improving patient satisfaction. At the same time, Dr. Shu served as chair of the medical staff peer review, director of the electronic medical record implementation and director of continuing medical education, after having held other posts. Prior to his tenure at Jersey City Medical Center, Dr. Shu was director of trauma and anesthesiologist for Liberty Anesthesia Associates in the same city, following appointments at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Elmhurst Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital.
Dr. Shu earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, his master’s in business administration from New York University Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts degree from John Hopkins University. A member of the American Board of Anesthesiology and the China AIDS Fund Board of Directors, he resides in Melville.
Catholic Health Services (CHS) is an integrated system encompassing some of the region’s finest health and human services agencies. With six acute care hospitals, three nursing homes, a home nursing service, hospice, a community-based agency for persons with special needs and a regional lab, CHS’s high standards have resulted in a 23% market share.
