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Ms. Rodriguez's qualifications and experience for the H+H board

0:19:04

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Council Member Powers inquires about Ms. Rodriguez's qualifications and experience to serve on the board of the largest public hospital system in the country. Ms. Rodriguez discusses her background and relevant experience.

  • This would be Ms. Rodriguez's first time serving on a board
  • She highlights her experience as a healthcare administrator and working with physicians
  • Emphasizes her understanding of community and patient needs
  • Mentions her background in quality improvement and performance improvement
  • Expresses willingness to learn from other board members and contribute her expertise in areas like cancer screenings
Keith Powers
0:19:04
of You submitted your your request for a waiver Correct.
0:19:07
You have yet to receive it or get an answer back from Comscore.
0:19:10
Okay.
0:19:11
Can you talk similar question that I had asked at the end, which is this is the serving of the board, the largest public hospital system in the country, which comes with tremendous responsibility, both from care, providing their health care, but also fiduciary duties, managerial duties.
0:19:30
And can you talk about your experience to date that would make you qualifying to serve in that role?
Vanessa Rodriguez
0:19:37
Yeah.
0:19:37
So I this would be my first time served being on board.
0:19:42
But with my experience in in the health care setting with as a administrator, I do bring a background in leadership and serving the community, being able to work day by day with the physicians and understanding the community and patients.
0:20:09
I think that this allows me to be a part of the board and and be able to serve as best as I can.
0:20:21
But I am I am here to learn more from the members.
0:20:24
Because this is my first time.
0:20:26
But, you know, we do have large meetings, and we're able to address community needs.
0:20:36
As I know, the board does as well.
0:20:39
To assure that the hospitals on the hospitals that are attached to h h h and h are running smoothly.
0:20:47
Also, my colleague, improvement background, assuring, you know, this the data and quality improvement and performance improvement is striving at all of the levels because we do wanna make sure that any social determinants of health is being addressed.
0:21:07
And also cancer screenings, which is something that I focus on.
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