Scott Jones, MHA, FACHE
Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics
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Scott Jones has extensive experience in managing both not-for-profit teaching health systems and private specialty hospital systems. He joined UI Health in 2019 as chief ambulatory operations officer and took on his current role as chief operating officer in 2023. As chief operating officer, Jones has managed the operations of our tertiary care hospital with 4,700 employees. He manages annual operations for over 16,000 admissions, 19,000 surgeries, 47,000 emergency department visits and 700 physicians. Significant accomplishments in this role include the implementation of a new governance structure for inpatient and outpatient surgical sites. He has also developed two multispecialty ambulatory clinics, led substantial efforts in quality improvement, spearheaded the ambulatory response during COVID-19, directed the transition to providing telehealth services and served as a leader in the transition to the Epic electronic health record.