Chief Quality Officer (CQO)

Department/Unit: President Work Shift: Day (United States of America) Salary Range: $0.00 - $0.00 Albany Med Health System Chief Quality Officer (CQO) Quality, Patient Safety, and Performance Improvement Reports to: Health System Chief Clinical Officer Location: Albany, New York (Systemwide responsibilities) Albany Med Health System (AMHS) is in the midst of executing First Choice 2030, a bold, multi-year transformation agenda designed to position AMHS as the regionu2019s trusted, connected, and transformative academic health system. AMHSu2019s Vision states: Albany Med Health System will be the regionu2019s trusted, connected, and transformative academic health systemu2014advancing the health and well-being of every community we serve. We will unite exceptional care, discovery, and education to deliver the highest quality outcomes, expand equitable access, and shape the next generation of healthcare professionals. Through collaboration, innovation, and compassion, AMHS will set the standard for value-based, patient-centered care and serve as a catalyst for health, hope, and opportunity across Upstate New York. AMHS will be the first choice for patients seeking exceptional care, for providers pursuing the most rewarding careers, for partners driving the most advanced innovation, for students aspiring to the best education, and for supporters seeking the greatest impact. The AMHS mission is to provide compassionate, high-quality care; advance medical discovery and education; and improve the health of the communities we serve. To realize this vision, AMHS must integrate its academic medical center, community hospitals, physician enterprise, and clinical programs into a unified, high-performing system defined by clinical excellence, operational discipline, value-based performance, and physician alignment. The Chief Quality Officer (CQO) (EVP), Quality, Patient Safety, and Clinical Performance Improvement, is a senior enterprise clinical leader responsible for developing, implementing, directing, and evaluating systemwide quality, performance improvement, patient experience, infection prevention, and safety programs in support of the goals of Albany Med Health System (AMHS). The CQO leads the development, implementation, evaluation, and refinement of the quality, patient safety, and patient experience strategy throughout AMHS. The CQO provides executive oversight of the following System functions: quality and safety (patient safety), accreditation and regulatory readiness, clinical process and performance improvement (PPI), healthcare quality data analytics and insights, patient experience, epidemiology and infection prevention, and other System-based functions as assigned. Reporting directly to the Chief Clinical Officer (CCO), this role integrates four critical enterprise capabilitiesu2014quality, patient safety, patient experience, and clinical PPIu2014into a disciplined, performance-driven organizational structure. The CQO partners with senior system leadership to define quality goals and strategy to ensure that AMHS is

Created: 2026-03-06