Q&A
Important knowledge bases for HHC board members beyond medical expertise
1:19:43
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Dr. Vincent Calamia discusses the importance of diverse expertise on the HHC board, emphasizing the need for knowledge beyond just medical backgrounds. He highlights the various challenges and areas of focus for the healthcare system.
- Calamia stresses the importance of financial expertise to ensure fiscal responsibility and efficiency
- He mentions the need for knowledge in community care, primary care, and preventive care
- The discussion touches on the importance of understanding social determinants of health
- Calamia emphasizes that a broad range of expertise, including areas outside of healthcare, is beneficial for the board
Keith Powers
1:19:43
that direction, and I think the board is home probably has that same belief at this point.
1:19:50
Doctor Klamey Ewer, medical doctor who's been on a medical director, met who's been a medical director, both of hospital systems and insurance companies, and you've started on the board of h and h for some time.
1:20:05
Can you talk about in your in your and without question, that experience is, I believe, helpful and instrumental to being a board member.
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H and h.
1:20:14
Can you talk about beyond knowledge bases and addition to medicine that you feel like might be important to have on the board right now?
Dr. Vincent Calamia
1:20:22
Well, I'm very pleased because I haven't met my colleague, I hope, for the near future.
1:20:28
So but I think Health And Hospitals, again, our core mission is healthcare.
1:20:35
It is provision of services to the community.
1:20:38
But in addition, there are a lot of stresses and pressures on all healthcare systems, not just our public healthcare system.
1:20:47
And making certain we do things efficiently, effectively with fiscal responsibility are really critical.
1:20:55
And I do think that's something we've seen evolve over the last several years and not not to suggest that in prior years, there was an enormous effort to make sure we could make certain that we were able to maximize revenue that to do us and so on.
1:21:10
But I think that has changed significantly over the last few years.
1:21:14
Particularly working with private insurers and so on to be able to make certain we're getting the revenue of service that we provided.
1:21:22
In addition, you know, we've also looked again beyond just the in house hospital base.
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Care.
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I think we've expanded dramatically to look at community care, primary care, preventive care, and value based care.
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We is providing these services at a at a way that's efficient, effective.
1:21:45
And and so I think those are all Many of those things are, again, financial expertise.
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Some of them are housing expertise.
1:21:54
There are many social determinants of health care that we're involved with.
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And so some of those things again are gonna involve areas outside of health care.
1:22:03
So I think a broad range of of expertise is really useful and helpful.