Policy and Finance Innovation

Sept. 23
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Erik Mikaitis, MD, MBA

Interim CEO, Cook County Health

Mikaitis was appointed interim CEO of Cook County Health (CCH) in November 2023 by the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Mikaitis provides executive leadership to advance the health system’s strategic imperatives and ensure the provision of high-quality care and services, in collaboration with CCH’s medical and business leaders.

Since joining CCH as chief quality officer in 2022, Mikaitis has championed quality and compliance, implementing evidence-based processes to improve the care delivery across the system. He implemented numerous quality initiatives to improve patient outcomes across CCH, including a new multifaceted strategy deployment system that resulted in significant improvement in the system’s sepsis prevention and treatment. Mikaitis enhanced the system’s quality and safety dashboard and deployed a regulatory readiness program. In this role, he also provided guidance for utilization management, coding and documentation, and hospital throughput.

Mikaitis previously served as vice president and chief medical officer for Franciscan Health Crown Point, where, among other duties, he led the development of safety protocols and processes during the COVID-19 pandemic and developed a new dashboard for communicating quality improvements to the board. Prior to assuming that role, Mikaitis served as medical director of the Franciscan Health Accountable Care Organization in the northern Indiana and south suburban Chicago regions.

A board-certified internal medicine physician, Mikaitis holds a medical degree from Ross University, a master’s degree in business administration from DePaul University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.



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