Q&A
Expanding healthcare services to outer boroughs
0:15:33
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72 sec
Council Member Powers asks Dr. Espiritu about his observation that Manhattan is well-served by hospitals, potentially to the detriment of outer borough residents. Dr. Espiritu discusses strategies for expanding services and improving healthcare access in underserved areas.
- Need to identify areas where high-quality healthcare services are less accessible
- Strategies include building infrastructure, strengthening community health clinics, and mobile outreach
- Telehealth and electronic capabilities can help reach people who can't easily access physical facilities
- Focus on promoting equity and ensuring quality healthcare is accessible to all city residents
Keith Powers
0:15:33
Thanks.
0:15:34
In your answers to the prehearing questions, you had observed that Manhattan is served by many hospitals, which could be that to the detriment of residents of the outer boroughs.
0:15:43
Can you talk to us a little bit of that?
0:15:46
What role does each and each have for expanding services where there might be a deficit and as a board member where where you advocates to make services more available?
Michael Espiritu
0:15:55
By simply saying that we, you know, to promote equity and make sure that quality, high quality healthcare is accessible to everybody in the city.
0:16:04
We need to identify those areas where those services are less accessible.
0:16:10
And, you know, if we can build infrastructure, if not, necessarily, perhaps be creative and strengthen pharmy health clinics, mobile mobile outreach, even telehealth, maximizing our our capabilities to to reach people virtually or electronically.
0:16:38
If they can't very easily for those instances where you can take care of problems that way, if they can't easily reach a physical facility.
