Taking Catholic Health Care into the 21st Century: A Conversation with Patrick McCruden, Chief Mission Integration Officer for SSM Health
How can Catholic Health maintain its distinct identity, including a profound respect for human dignity and the drive for social justice in the health care realm, when so many secular disrupters seem to be finding efficiencies without such moral goods? Join a discussion with Patrick McCruden, the new Chief Mission Integration Officer at SSM Health and Jason D. Keune, MD, MBA, FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery and General Business Ethics, Associate Program Director, General Surgery, Executive Director, The Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics, St. Louis University.
Patrick McCruden, D. Bioethics, MTS, BCC, serves as Chief Mission Integration Officer for SSM Health, a Catholic, not -for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest. With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 24 hospitals, more than 60 outpatient care sites, a pharmacy benefit company, an insurance company, two nursing homes, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a technology company and one Accountable Care Organization. In his role Patrick leads the strategic integration of SSM Health’s Mission, Values, Vision and Catholic identity into all aspects of the organization from culture and structure, to policies, programs and practices. He leads the development and implementation of a full continuum of activities designed to spiritually, ethically and culturally enrich SSM Health employees and physicians.
Patrick has been a part of Catholic healthcare for over 30 years. Patrick's initial work in healthcare was in pastoral care. He is a certified chaplain and worked for fifteen years primarily as a chaplain and director of pastoral care, before moving into the mission integration and bioethics field. For the last 20 years he was worked for health systems in Iowa, Arkansas and Missouri.
He developed the first hospital-based children’s advocacy center in the state of Arkansas and serves as its Board Chair. He also serves on numerous local and regional boards of directors and serves nationally on the Theologian and Ethicist Advisory Council for the Catholic Health Association. In addition to his work with SSM he serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Education at Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago where he teaches in the Bioethics program
A native of New York, Patrick received his undergraduate education at New York University and the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. He continued his graduate education at Catholic Theological Union on the South side of Chicago and trained as a hospital chaplain at the University of Chicago hospitals and clinics. He received his bioethics education at Loyola University Chicago. Additionally, he is a Permanent Deacon in the Catholic church.
Patrick McCruden, D. Bioethics, MTS, BCC, serves as Chief Mission Integration Officer for SSM Health, a Catholic, not -for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest. With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 24 hospitals, more than 60 outpatient care sites, a pharmacy benefit company, an insurance company, two nursing homes, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a technology company and one Accountable Care Organization. In his role Patrick leads the strategic integration of SSM Health’s Mission, Values, Vision and Catholic identity into all aspects of the organization from culture and structure, to policies, programs and practices. He leads the development and implementation of a full continuum of activities designed to spiritually, ethically and culturally enrich SSM Health employees and physicians.
Patrick has been a part of Catholic healthcare for over 30 years. Patrick's initial work in healthcare was in pastoral care. He is a certified chaplain and worked for fifteen years primarily as a chaplain and director of pastoral care, before moving into the mission integration and bioethics field. For the last 20 years he was worked for health systems in Iowa, Arkansas and Missouri.
He developed the first hospital-based children’s advocacy center in the state of Arkansas and serves as its Board Chair. He also serves on numerous local and regional boards of directors and serves nationally on the Theologian and Ethicist Advisory Council for the Catholic Health Association. In addition to his work with SSM he serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Education at Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago where he teaches in the Bioethics program
A native of New York, Patrick received his undergraduate education at New York University and the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. He continued his graduate education at Catholic Theological Union on the South side of Chicago and trained as a hospital chaplain at the University of Chicago hospitals and clinics. He received his bioethics education at Loyola University Chicago. Additionally, he is a Permanent Deacon in the Catholic church.