Yale New Haven Health System and Yale School of Medicine Alignment

Working Together

Credit: Robert A. Lisak

Christopher O'Connor, MHSA, FACHE, CEO of Yale New Haven Health System, and Nancy J. Brown, MD, Dean of Yale School of Medicine

For nearly 60 years, Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) and Yale School of Medicine (YSM) have affiliated with one another to provide the highest quality care to people in the Northeast region and around the world.

Both organizations have grown significantly, advancing our knowledge, innovation, and capabilities along the way. With advancement comes opportunity to do even more for the communities we serve by closely aligning our operations, care delivery, and strategic investments. An enhanced partnership will allow us to grow more effectively and flourish in today’s constantly changing and challenging health care environment.

With mutual commitment, YNHHS and YSM are closely collaborating to accomplish a shared aspiration:

Achieve extraordinary gains in individual, community, and global health as one of the nation’s premier academic health systems.

Key Alignment Priorities

The priorities guiding the achievement of our aspirational statement are Joint Strategic Planning, Economic and Operational Alignment, and an Aligned Clinician Enterprise with a focus on improving quality, value, and patient experience across each.

Joint Strategic PlanningYSM and YNHH are engaged in developing a joint strategic plan that includes five strategic pillars: differentiated system-wide service lines and destination programs; unparalleled access, customer experience, and care network; exceptional quality and value; leading-edge clinical and translational research; and continuous learning and innovation.

Strategic Planning (log in)

Economic & Operational AlignmentYSM and YNHHS are working together to ensure the alignment of financial incentives with our aspiration to be a premier academic health system and support our collective clinical, educational, and research missions. At the center of this work is a newly revised funds flow model between YNHHS and YSM that is more transparent, formulaic, and efficient. The new model went into effect on July 1, 2023.

Economic Alignment (log in)

Aligned Clinician EnterpriseUnder the leadership of Chief Physician Executive Margaret McGovern, MD, PhD, in January of 2023, we launched a newly aligned clinician enterprise, with the intent of integrating the business and clinical operations for YNHHS and YSM. With a shared strategic plan, the alignment of our clinicians around a common quality platform will improve patient outcomes, enhance communication, increase standardization, and enhance operational efficiency across our health system.

Clinician Enterprise (log in)