Accomplished Hospital Administrator Brings Decades of Expertise to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital

Feb. 1, 2016 - PRLog -- Accomplished Hospital Administrator Brings Decades of Expertise to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital

We are extremely pleased to announce that Christopher J. Parker, DNP(c), RN, NEA-BC, CHCQM, FAIHQ, has joined St. John’s as Chief Operating Officer. He comes to St. John’s from University of Maryland, Shore Regional Health, where he served on the Executive Team since 2003.  Prior to joining Shore Regional Health, Mr. Parker held executive positions at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia, and at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Chris began his long career in healthcare as a critical care nurse.

Mr. Parker earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at The State University of New York in Plattsburgh in 1981 and a Master of Science in Nursing at Syracuse University in 1991. He received a Post Masters Certificate in Health Administration from Villanova University in 2003 and is currently completing his Doctoral studies at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.  Mr. Parker is certified as a Nurse Executive Advanced by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians and is nationally certified in Health Care Quality Management.  Mr. Parker is a member of Sigma Theta Tau – the National Honor Society for Nursing.

Mr. Parker is a member of the Maryland Hospital Association Council on Clinical and Quality Issues and was appointed in 2015 as Chairman of the Maryland Hospital Association Prime Board of Directors.  He also serves on the Advisory Committees for several local universities. Mr. Parker completed Leadership Maryland in 2010. He had the honor in 2003 of being named “Innovator of the Year” and recipient of the “Health Care Heroes Award” in two state-wide Maryland competitions. These awards recognized Mr. Parker’s leadership and, in particular, his creativity in developing and designing the unique Critical Care University program for Shore Regional Health.  Under his leadership as Chief Nursing Officer, Shore Regional Health was awarded Magnet Recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2009 and was re-designated Magnet in 2013.

About St. John’s Episcopal Hospital

St. John's Episcopal Hospital, the cornerstone of Episcopal Health Services Inc., is the only full-service acute care hospital in the Rockaways. Celebrating 110 years of community care in 2015, the 257-bed facility provides people of all faiths with comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of ability to pay. Key programs serving the Rockaways, southern Queens County and southwestern Nassau County include an Emergency Department with 45,000 patient visits annually, a growing minimally invasive surgery program, obstetrics and gynecology, imaging, behavioral health, pediatrics, wound care and dialysis.

St. John's Episcopal Hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and is a teaching affiliate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. The hospital is also a New York State Designated Stroke Center, a recipient of the Gold-Plus Get with the Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association, and is a certified emergency heart care station. St. John's Episcopal Hospital is also designated as a 911/Level II trauma receiving hospital by the New York City Department of Health.

Mission Statement

The mission of Episcopal Health Services Inc. of the Diocese of Long Island is to provide quality health care with an emphasis on patient safety through its hospital and ambulatory care facilities and continuing graduate medical education, recognizing the emerging life-care needs of the communities we serve.

The mission is overseen by the Bishop of Long Island and guided by the teachings and traditions of the Episcopal Church. An essential element of this ministry is pastoral care provided by a chaplaincy program sensitive to the faiths and traditions of those served.

Learn more at www.ehs.org.