The academic health system's president and CEO
is recognized by Becker's Hospital Review for his leadership in
health care innovation in Tampa
Bay and beyond.
TAMPA,
Fla., June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- John
Couris, president and CEO of Tampa General Hospital (TGH), has
been recognized as a top health care leader in the U.S. by
Becker's Hospital Review in its list of "Great Leaders in
Healthcare" for 2024, which highlights leaders across the industry
who are using innovative digital technology, novel care delivery
approaches and creative care solutions to shape the future of
health care. Couris is one of 84 leaders recognized across
hospitals, health systems and other companies in the health care
industry nationally. He is one of just four Florida health care leaders recognized and is
the only leader representing the Tampa
Bay region.
![Tampa General Hospital President and CEO John Couris has been recognized as a top health care leader in the U.S. by Becker’s Hospital Review in its list of “Great Leaders in Healthcare” for 2024, which highlights leaders across the industry who are using innovative digital technology, novel care delivery approaches and creative care solutions to shape the future of health care. Tampa General Hospital President and CEO John Couris has been recognized as a top health care leader in the U.S. by Becker’s Hospital Review in its list of “Great Leaders in Healthcare” for 2024, which highlights leaders across the industry who are using innovative digital technology, novel care delivery approaches and creative care solutions to shape the future of health care.](https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2440648/Tampa_General_Hospital_President_and_CEO_John_Couris.jpg)
This recognition marks Couris' third consecutive year that he is
included on this list, which underscores his ability to lead
and inspire Tampa General's dynamic team, including its world-class
physicians, and his dedication to transforming health care delivery
and increasing accessibility to innovative medical solutions across
the Tampa Bay region, statewide
and beyond.
Couris is recognized as a national expert in health care,
organizational leadership, workplace culture transformation and
management, operational excellence, team member and stakeholder
engagement and strategic collaboration. He has led Tampa General's
transformation to a true academic health system, including the
enterprise's growth from 17 facilities to now six hospitals and
more than 150 care locations statewide, employing approximately
14,000 team members and providers.
"I am tremendously proud of the transformation journey our
collective Tampa General team has been on together over the last
several years, which has positioned us well to serve not only as
our region's only academic health system but as one of the nation's
most innovative academic health systems," Couris said. "Our Board
of Directors and team members are unwavering in their commitment to
elevating patient care, pursuing innovative approaches and
delivering exceptional outcomes. I am honored to work alongside a
team with a common passion for pushing accepted boundaries and
redefining world-class patient care."
Since joining Tampa General as president and CEO in 2017, Couris
has championed innovation. With Couris at the helm, Tampa General
established an artificial intelligence and predictive analytics
care coordination center designed to improve the safety, quality
and affordability of health care. Couris is forging strategic
partnerships with leading artificial intelligence, predictive
analytics and technology providers to streamline clinical
workflows, automate administrative workflows and provide additional
decision-making support to providers and front-line caregivers.
Earlier this month, Tampa General announced the system will deploy
Palantir's Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) to deliver a Care
Coordination Operating System.
Today, Couris is leading the execution of Tampa General's
largest master facility plan in the hospital's history, as well as
driving the ongoing development of the Tampa Medical and Research
District in downtown Tampa, which
is already attracting renowned clinicians and researchers,
improving access to experts, innovative medical research, education
and technology for patients and students and, upon completion, is
estimated to generate a total economic impact of $8.3 billion annually. The district skyline will
soon include the TGH Behavioral Health Hospital, expected to open
in 2025, which will offer highly specialized and personalized care
for many behavioral and mental health conditions and became
certified as the first of only four behavioral health teaching
hospitals in Florida statute, in
partnership with the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. The
academic health system also recently broke ground on the Taneja
Surgical, Neuroscience & Transplant Tower, a 13-story medical
pavilion in the heart of Tampa
Bay, where patients will have access to best-in-class
providers, the latest research therapies and state-of-the-art
technologies.
To advance world-class care in Tampa
Bay and across the industry, Couris collaborates closely
with elected officials at the local, state and federal levels. In
May, he was appointed to Florida's
first-ever Health Care Innovation Council by Senate President
Kathleen Passidomo, a statewide
volunteer organization established this year to advance innovation
in health care as part of the Senate's priority Live Healthy
initiative. Couris played an instrumental role in the development
and passage of the Live Healthy legislation and advocated both at
the state and federal levels to advance and expand access to
hospital at home programs, such as the academic health system's TGH
at Home program.
Couris' focus on reimagining care coordination, forging
strategic partnerships and driving innovation has resulted in
significant improvements in the quality of care and patient
outcomes at Tampa General, as well as the overall patient care
experience, as shown by externally measured quality scores, safety
ratings and Press Ganey survey results.
His leadership philosophy is built around the principles of a
proprietary model he developed and has implemented across the
system, AKTiVE, which focuses on leading with authenticity,
kindness, transparency, vulnerability and empathy. Couris strongly
believes in putting team members first by recognizing the whole
person – including their lived experiences inside and outside of
the workplace – and investing in the personal and professional
development of each team member, regardless of their role or
tenure. These efforts to build and foster a culture of belonging
continue to drive high performance and better patient outcomes and
have resulted in a consistent year-over-year increase in physician
and team member engagement scores.
In addition to his strong leadership within the health care
industry, Couris prioritizes actively serving the Tampa Bay community as a member of several
boards and professional associations.
Collectively, these efforts have earned Tampa General continued
national recognition as one of Newsweek's "World's Best
Hospitals," Newsweek's "World's Best Smart Hospitals,"
Forbes' "America's Best-in-State Employers,"
Newsweek's "Best Cancer Hospitals," and
Fortune/Merative "100 Top Hospitals," among others.
Becker's Hospital Review is a leading source of hospital
business news and analysis for the health care industry. Couris and
the rest of this year's "Great Leaders in Healthcare" honorees are
profiled by Becker's Hospital Review here.
ABOUT TAMPA GENERAL
HOSPITAL
Tampa General Hospital, a 981-bed, not-for-profit,
academic health system, is one of the largest hospitals in America
and delivers world-class care as the region's only center for Level
l trauma and comprehensive burn care. Tampa General Hospital is the
highest-ranked hospital in the market in U.S. News and World
Report's 2023-24 Best Hospitals, with six specialties ranking among
the top 50 best hospital programs in the
United States. Tampa General Hospital has been designated as
a model of excellence by the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top
Hospitals list. The academic health system's commitment to
growing and developing its team members is recognized by two
prestigious Forbes magazine rankings – in the top 100 nationally in
the 2023 America's Best Employers for Women and top 25 in
Florida in the 2023 America's Best
Employers by State. Tampa General is the safety net hospital for
the region, caring for everyone regardless of their ability to pay,
and in fiscal year 2021, provided a net community benefit of
approximately $240.3 million in the
form of health care for underinsured patients, community education,
and financial support to community health organizations in
Tampa Bay. It is one of the
nation's busiest adult solid organ transplant centers and is the
primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of
Medicine. With six medical helicopters, Tampa General Hospital
transports critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding
counties to receive the advanced care they need. Tampa General
houses a nationally accredited comprehensive stroke center, and its
32-bed Neuroscience, Intensive Care Unit is the largest on the West
Coast of Florida. It
also is home to the Jennifer Leigh Muma 82-bed neonatal intensive
care unit, and a nationally accredited rehabilitation center. Tampa
General Hospital's footprint includes TGH North which is comprised
of three hospitals and several outpatient locations in Citrus and Hernando counties, 17 Tampa General Medical
Group Primary Care offices, TGH Family Care Center Kennedy, TGH
Outpatient Center, TGH Virtual Health, and 21 TGH
Imaging outpatient radiology centers throughout Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Palm
Beach counties. Tampa Bay
area residents also receive world-class care from the TGH
Urgent Care powered by Fast Track network of clinics. To see a
medical care professional live anytime, anywhere on a smartphone,
tablet or computer, visit Virtual Health | Tampa General Hospital
(tgh.org). As one of the largest hospitals in the country,
Tampa General Hospital is the first in Florida to partner with GE Healthcare and open
a clinical command center that provides real-time situational
awareness to improve and better coordinate patient care at a lower
cost. For more information, go to www.tgh.org.
Media Contact: Beth Hardy,
APR
Assistant Manager
Publications & Physician Communications
(727) 510-6363 (cell)
ehardy@tgh.org
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