Adjunct Faculty

Email: contejgc@msn.com

Office hours: appointment only

Biography:

Senior Health Care Executive with 25 years experience at the nation’s top health systems. As Executive Vice President at the $2 billion Catholic Health System of Long Island, Joe engineered consecutive bond upgrades and earned and $100MM in operations in 2010 and 2011. At the seventeen hospital NS-LIJ Health System where he served for over 15 years in various executive capacities, his strategy in CMS Pay for Performance Initiative, earned over $20MM for clinical improvement initiatives. His system-wide programs ultimately culminated in recognition by National Quality Forum as top Health System in the US. Joe has implemented innovative programs in electronic medical records, physician office EMR, evidence-based order sets and medical informatics. Recently Joe led the RUMC health IT program to be certified for Meaningful Use by the Office of the National Coordinator and access $11MM in bonus payments. Joe has experience in international projects.  In 2011, he completed a program evaluation in the Republic of the Ukraine and in 2005, organized a visiting patient program for Staten Island University Hospital Radiation Oncology Service.

An expert in accreditation, legal, insurance and regulatory matters, Joe has served on numerous panels and advisory committees. He has experience growing hospital, ambulatory and continuing care programs serving large geographic and population centers. An accomplished speaker and researcher, Joe is a professor at Wagner College in the Business School and Department of Biological Science as well as adjunct professor at Columbia University School of Public Health. He has published numerous peer review articles and recently authored a chapter in the best selling Health Informatics an Executive Primer. Joe is an innovator, progressive thinker and a team builder with proven success at aligning and building successful partnerships with medical staff.

Publications:

Medical Informatics: An Executive Primer, Ong, K.R. (author) Contributed chapter on “Quality and Health IT.”  (2011)

American Society Healthcare Risk Management Journal – Improving Patient Safety Outcomes in Obstetrics through the Implementation of the Crew Resource Management Methodology (2010)

National Patient Safety Foundation–Improving Patient Safety Outcomes in Obstetrics through the Implementation of the Crew Resource Management Methodology. Washington, D.C. (2009)

Castellanos MR, Conte J, AbiFadel D, Raia C, Forte F, Ahern K, Smith M, ElSayeh  D, Buchbinder S. “Improving Access and Outcomes in Breast Cancer with an Interdisciplinary Model of Care.” Breast J 2008;14(4);July-Aug (in press)

“Decreasing Mortality for Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Repair Surgery” JCAHO Journal Quality & Patient Safety (June, 2005)

Performance Improvement Advisor, Establishing criteria for physicians lowers hip fracture mortality (January, 2005)

Society of Hospital Medicine. Abstract accepted Annual Meeting. Patient Safety and the ACGME Outcome Measures Project: An interdepartmental collaborative effort to eliminate errors in nasogastric tube insertion and MRI test ordering (April, 2005)

Hospital Peer Review Publication. Credentialing aspects of performance improvement and quality management in Codman Award (May, 2005)

OR Manager. Interview on Codman Award project and impact on OR services (May 2005)

Improving Access and Quality for Breast Health Services. Conte J, Raia C, Buchbinder S. Journal of Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare (2006)

Presentations/Papers/Panels:

• St. Joseph College – Strategic Planning for Quality & Outcomes (2010)
• Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium. “Improvement of Stroke Care in a Multi Hospital System (MHS) using Six Sigma Methodologies. (Boston, 2009)
• American Parkinson’s Disease Association, National Meeting – Estimating Prevalence of Parkinson’s Disease Using a Drug Tracer Methodology.  (2008)
• Health Leaders Annual Conference. Leverage Teamwork to Drive Quality – Panelist. (Chicago, 2007)
• International Society Quality Assurance. Implementing Rapid Response Teams Across a Multi-Hospital System.  (Boston, 2007)
• National Association Healthcare Quality. Reducing Hospital Acquired Infections.  (Boston, 2007)
• Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium. Implementing “Get With the Guidelines- Stroke Order Sets in Multi-hospital System.”  (New York City, 2007)
• National Patient Safety Foundation – Implementation of Rapid Response Teams North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System. (Washington, D.C., 2007)
• Evaluation of Effectiveness of a Rapid Response Team – United Hospital Fund/Greater New York Hospital Association Annual Research Symposium Poster Presentation (2006)
• Performance Metrics for Hospitals National Conference. Implementing Quality Performance Initiatives for Reducing Risk.  (Las Vegas, 2006)
• American College of Physicians: Presentation, Decreasing mortality in patients undergoing hip fracture repair. Presented by Daniel El Sayegh, MD Chief Resident. (2005)
• New Jersey Quality Management Professional Annual Meeting – Trends in Performance Improvement and Patient Safety  (2005)
• Performance Metrics for Hospitals National Conference. Implementing Quality Performance Initiatives for Reducing Risk  (Chicago, 2005)
• • United Hospital Fund/Greater New York Hospital Association Annual Research Symposium Poster Presentation – 2005: (1) Improving Quality and Access to Breast Health Services  (2) Quality & Patient Safety Program to Improve Outcomes for Hip Fracture Surgery Patients.
  • Accreditation Survival Skills: Summit on JCAHO’s  “New Hospital Standards & Survey Process” Keynote Presentation (Las Vegas, 2005)
  • NY Association Ambulatory Care- Site Quality Measures (2003)
  • NY Association Ambulatory Care, JCAHO Survey Process (2002)
  • AHGME National Conference – JCAHO Survey Preparation (1999)
  • Premier Performance Improvement National Conference (1999)
  • Risk Management in the Managed Care Environment (1997)
  • Ethics & the Law in the Peri-operative Setting (1996)
  • PESI Program “Nursing & the Law” (1994)