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Selynto Anderson, PhD, FACHE, Chief Community Health and Impact Officer at Lee Health · Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

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This is Laura Dirdle with the Becker's Healthcare
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Podcast. I'm thrilled today to be joined by
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Doctor. Solento Anderson, Chief Community Health and Impact
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Officer at LeeHealth. Solento, it's a pleasure to
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have you on the podcast today.
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Thank you so much. I'm excited and happy
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to be here.
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Fantastic. Well, I'm looking forward to our conversation.
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I know we're gonna be talking a lot
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about community health, health disparities, and and some
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of the great things you're doing at Lee
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Health in order to, address those concerns. So
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I'm excited for this conversation. But before we
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dive in, can you take just a a
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minute and tell us a little bit more
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about yourself and your career journey?
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Absolutely. So, again, appreciate,
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being on the podcast
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and looking forward to the discussion. But,
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as you've mentioned, Salento Anderson, Chief Community Health
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and Impact Officer with Lee Health. I've been
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in healthcare now,
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for about twenty years.
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That that's hard to believe. I don't consider
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myself,
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to be an old man, so,
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just saying that out loud
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is is is something else.
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But I've sort of been in this space,
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for the majority of,
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my health care career.
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Started out early,
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at a system in in in South Carolina
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and was there for,
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a number of years and and had the
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privilege of coming here,
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to Lee Health,
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a little over three years ago, ironically,
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started here one week,
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before hurricane Ian. And so
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that was,
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an experience,
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within within itself, and I'll kinda come back
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to that,
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in in just a few.
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But the the work that I do is
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both,
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you know, it's although it's professional for me,
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it's personal as well.
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So growing up in rural South Carolina,
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I, you know, definitely dealt with,
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different,
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lacks of resources,
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whether specific specifically
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when it came to health care. And so,
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my I've got a younger sister, younger brother
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in my family.
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Oftentimes,
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there was no access to primary care. We
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were from a very small,
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rural town, and so as I sort of
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got into health care, you know, that stayed
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with me. And,
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it was one of those things that I've
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always tried to,
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create an intersection between,
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the the business of health care
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and the community health space.
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And so being able to do that for
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a number of years,
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you know, gives me great joy to be
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able to improve work on improving the health
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of our communities.
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And, you know, sort of going back to
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being here at Lee one week before hurricane
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Ian,
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it gave me a chance firsthand
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to see,
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the response to the community,
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after,
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that disaster
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to where,
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the work that we did with, you know,
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our our with Lee County in general,
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things that we did for our team members
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in our communities,
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even though the the hurricane was was devastating,
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it it truly allowed for me,
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to see us living,
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our our mission,
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out firsthand.
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That's amazing to hear. And, you know, I
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really appreciate you sharing how you became the
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person that you became and,
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why this work matters so much to you.
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Now I'm curious. Can we dig a little
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bit further into,
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that moment for you, that has really, really,
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kind of shaped or defined the work that
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you're doing today? I think, as you mentioned,
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the hurricane made a huge difference in looking
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at that response. I'd,
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be curious to know a bit more about
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what you were actually able to do,
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and how you mobilized for Lee County because
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I know, you know, it really matters having
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that experience that you had and realizing, you
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know, that ZIP code should really be,
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an important,
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way,
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when you're thinking about health outcomes and all
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those kinds of things. So I'd just love
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to hear what you were able to do
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and the impact that you were able to
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have and what you learned, through that process.
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Yeah. Absolutely. And and like I said, I
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was I was here for a week, so
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it it it it it was an opportunity
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for me to to to get right,
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into it. And so as you can imagine,
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during that particular time,
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it was devastating.
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Many communities,
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were without, you know, utilities and and and,
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you know, food and things of that nature.
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And so,
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you know, I partnered with many of my
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peers,
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here within the health system to set up,
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mobile sites,
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to where we were able to provide,
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you know, food and
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create different,
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points of access for for individuals who,
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were were injured,
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during the storm.
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We also work very closely with our community
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partners,
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to provide support,
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to those individuals who who needed it most.
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You know, I was just having a conversation
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with,
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one of my peers, and so we were
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talking about
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that particular time, and, you know, I'm kind
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of joking with him, you know, to say,
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hey, I'm a I'm a true Floridian now,
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you know, I I survived,
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you know, Hurricane E, and I remember,
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you know, him actually
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going out, and I was with him, going
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out to different,
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community partners, and
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helping to install STARLINK devices. So,
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individuals could have,
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Internet access and be able to,
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you know, do the things that they needed
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to do, and so,
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we partnered with
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a variety of community partners to make that
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happen,
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whether it was,
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you know, individuals
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from,
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the private sector, folks from the public sector,
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but it was really great to see firsthand
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how we lift that mission out. And so
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our mission
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is to be a trusted partner empowering lives,
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through caring, compassion, and and and what better
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way,
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to do that than than after something, so
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catastrophic.
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That's,
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such a a great message and certainly,
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you know, makes so much sense, to have
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that kind of opportunity and then to see
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actually boots on the ground, being able to
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put it together. Mhmm. I know a lot
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a lot of times when we talk about
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health disparities,
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you know, you can have the data, you
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can have the information, but it can feel
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kind of abstract,
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and the human costs in all of this
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is real. So,
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what are some of the most pressing disparities
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that you're seeing now, as well as I
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can imagine, many times throughout your career,
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that in the community that Lee Health serves
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and who tends to be bucked behind the
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most?
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Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, you're exactly right.
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That that data can feel abstract,
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until you really see,
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who it's impacting. So in the communities we
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serve, you know, a few disparities consistently rise
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to the top.
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I'd say, you know, one of one of
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those first things is is around access,
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and I don't think that is something,
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you know, unique to,
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you know, Lee Health,
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you know, but access would probably be
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at the top of that list. You know,
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especially for working families and and underserved communities,
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you know, this shows up within the health
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system, whether it's,
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delayed care,
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higher ER utilization,
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higher length of stay,
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and, you know, ultimately,
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worse outcomes.
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And, you know, it's it's not that people,
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don't want care.
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It's that, you know, individuals,
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who who are getting that care, it it
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doesn't necessarily fit,
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in the reality of their lives. You know,
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the health system within itself
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is is is very tough to navigate,
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and and so,
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I'd say access is probably
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one of the the the biggest things, and
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and and so, you know, especially for us
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here,
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in Lee County where we're slated to have,
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you know, over a million in population, that
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continues to be,
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a priority for us because we want to
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provide that access,
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to to all of our patients in in
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all of our communities regardless.
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I'd say probably the the second is
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around chronic disease.
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You know, typically your hypertension,
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diabetes, and and cardiovascular
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disease.
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We do see a a higher prevalence and
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and worse,
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control in lower income communities,
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and communities of color,
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and those conditions are also heavily tied to,
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things such as, you know, food access,
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you know, utilities,
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safe spaces,
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you know, individuals
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being active. And so
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those are things that, you know, we consistently,
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you know, focus on, and and our goal,
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you know, we sort of approach things from
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a, for all,
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you know, perspective. You know, we may look
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at the data, and the data shows us,
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that typically there's one segment of the population
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that there's an opportunity,
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but in community health, oftentimes,
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even if you,
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are looking at one subset of the population,
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any intervention is going to improve the healthcare
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for all.
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Maternal health and,
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infant health disparities,
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continue,
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to be an opportunity.
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Again, those outcomes also,
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are are dependent oftentimes
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depending on an individual's race, income,
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access to to prenatal care. And, you know,
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it's one of those also very concerning because
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this impacts
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generations.
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And then, you know, there's there's the aspect
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of of behavioral health,
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which, again, is not something that is just
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specific to Lee Health. That's just health care
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in general.
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But access to mental health services is still
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a major challenge.
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And so we continue,
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to focus on all of those, areas.
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But if you're, you know, sort of asking,
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you know, who's being left furthest behind,
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it's it's it's typically those,
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people,
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at the intersection of multiple,
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challenges, you know, just from my experiences.
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It's typically not just
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one thing. Oftentimes, it's it's a combination,
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of those things. And so when those,
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combinations start to stack up, that's when the
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the outcomes really start,
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to diverge. And so for us,
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the focus has been,
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more than just, you know, treating
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a condition or conditions.
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You know, we design care
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in such a way where
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partnership matters, and we try to reach people,
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where they are, because if we don't, you
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know,
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those same communities,
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will continue to carry,
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the greatest burden. And so, the reality,
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is that, you know, the people who need
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the most support,
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often have the hardest time,
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accessing it. And so,
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that's the gap we're we're really working to
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close.
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That makes so much sense. And you I
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I love that kind of mindset and approach
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and ability to look at access to care
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and and what will really make a difference
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in bridging that access for people in populations
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that traditionally
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don't have access to care and and where
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access to other,
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aspects of the device that make them healthy,
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such as the food, as you mentioned, and
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and safe spaces and all of those types
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of things
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really dovetail into making sure that, you know,
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you're able to provide that care and worried
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about the wellness of these communities.
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And so I I think that's so helpful
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to understand,
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from the philosophical perspective. And then I I
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can imagine when you bring it down to,
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you know, how do we actually accomplish this?
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It can get a little bit trickier. So,
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you know, you mentioned designing partnerships
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and other things.
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Can you share an example or two of
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of,
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ways that you've been able to tackle this
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or starting to kind of address some of
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these issues in a in a very real
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way?
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Abs absolutely,
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happy to do so. So,
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a couple things,
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you know, come to mind,
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you know, when we're looking at just just
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initiatives in in in general. And so as
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you can imagine,
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we we have a variety of these things,
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that that we're focusing on. But
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one initiative,
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just from a systemic perspective that I'm that
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I'm really proud of
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is how, you know, as a system, we've
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been,
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intentionally building
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stronger connections between our health system and community
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based organizations to address,
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you know, social needs alongside
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the the aspects of clinical care.
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We've been extremely intentional
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about,
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you know, bringing our communities to the table.
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I think it's very important that
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as a health system,
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and and we do a wonderful job, of
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this here at Lee, but as a health
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system, you know, we're not necessarily setting out,
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to make decisions for
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the community.
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And in some aspects, of course, there's
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opportunities that we do those things, but we
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wanna bring those communities, and representation from those
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communities,
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into the conversations, the decision making,
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conversations,
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to be able, to do that. And so,
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we've been able to do that, where where
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we go out and we have what we
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call the listening tours, and so we're going
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out firsthand
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to all communities to to get their,
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insight on things
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that they may need. As you can imagine,
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you know, we may have data,
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that suggests one thing, but there may be
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a pressing need,
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in that community
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that individuals are dealing with, on a day
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to day basis, and so just from a
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system perspective, the way in which we're involved
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in the community,
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I'm extremely, extremely proud of.
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Another example,
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is, you know,
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as we talk about,
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you know, different chronic conditions, and so as
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individuals come in and they may be hypertensionists,
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they may have diabetes, we're not just treating
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them,
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and sending them home. You know, we're posing
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the questions.
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Do they have access
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to healthy food? Not just food, but food
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that
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will be
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beneficial for them and won't necessarily worsen
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their conditions.
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Can they get to a follow-up appointment and
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not just get to the appointment,
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but what day and time,
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works,
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best for them? And so we've even,
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you know, worked and saw within the system
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where we are exploring our no show,
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data rates to where we're diving deeper to
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understand
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why individuals,
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may not show up for appointments. And so
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we're trying to be proactive
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and think about,
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you know, making sure we're giving individuals the
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certain times and days,
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that work for them.
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Are individuals able to navigate the health system?
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You know, the health system
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can be a challenge to navigate, and we're
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directly
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linking them to,
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community organizations,
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that work for them. And so community organizations
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that may be within their,
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particular areas. And and and to sum that
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up, I think one of the the most
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unique things that we're doing,
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we're closing the loop. You know? We're we're
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not just saying,
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hey.
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You know, we're we're we're giving you this,
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you know, hey. Good luck.
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No. We wanna close the loop. We wanna
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work with our community partners,
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to be able to do that. So that's
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been,
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very,
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encouraging.
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Another initiative that I think,
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we've done really well, and so,
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as it comes to working and focusing on
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health disparities. So,
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in our system, we noticed that,
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when in terms of colorectal
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cancer screening rates, we noticed that,
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when we looked at our males,
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and females,
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we noticed that although the volume was about
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the same,
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we noticed that our males,
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typically had,
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a higher,
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not not screen rate. And so,
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we put a core,
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team together,
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of of physicians and and programmatic,
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individuals throughout the system,
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who did a phenomenal
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job
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of creating some targeted,
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interventions,
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whether those things were
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around some focus groups.
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We we also had some some targeted,
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communication,
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and some of that communication,
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was around language barriers and things of that
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nature. And what we've noticed
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is that through those interview interventions,
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and and those targeted efforts,
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those colorectal cancer screening rates have improved,
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and not just for,
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one race or or one ethnicity,
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but across the board. And so that's where
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where I mentioned earlier,
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oftentimes,
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these targeted interventions
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isn't just about,
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assisting,
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one particular group,
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and and and sometimes it is because that
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may be what the data suggests.
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But even if that's the case, oftentimes,
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it's going to improve
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care for all. And so, we're really excited
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for that. We'll actually be,
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presenting,
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in May, at the 2026,
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American Hospital Association Healthier Together Conference, on our
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colo
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on our colorectal
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cancer screening work, and then we've also,
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received,
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quality improvement partnership awards from the American Cancer
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Society for that work,
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for last year and this year as well,
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so extremely proud of that work.
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That's amazing to hear and, you know, really
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impressive to have those kind of accolades and
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be able to set up a program that
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really clearly is working well for the community
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and making a huge difference. So,
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thank you so much for digging a bit
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deeper in there and just sharing how you,
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have been able to do that. I know
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Absolutely.
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For a lot of organizations
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and our listeners,
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health systems in their organizations
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aren't always, you know, built or or designed
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with equity in mind. And so from your
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perspective or where you're seeding,
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how should leaders navigate that tension sometimes between
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the institutional priorities in in what kind of
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is coming from the broader strategic lens as
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well as the urgent needs of the underserved
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communities,
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within their
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broader population base?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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And I think,
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that that's a great question.
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I think,
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that tension,
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is is real.
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And I also think, you know, it's it's
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important for,
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you know, systems and and individuals,
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you know, who who are in my space
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to to acknowledge that,
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upfront. You know, health care systems were not
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originally designed,
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with with equity at the center. It was
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more so along the lines of, you know,
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hey.
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You know, come to us, and and and
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we will fix you.
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And so
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there are times,
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when when institutional priorities,
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and community meals community needs,
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can feel like they're pulling in in different
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directions where you're you're kinda thinking, you know,
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hey. Margin margin versus mission. And so how
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do you how do you sort of blend,
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the the both of those? But, you
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know, the the way I approach that is,
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you know, I don't see equity as
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competing with,
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any of the priorities,
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that we have. You know? I see it
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as essential,
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to
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achieving,
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those those priorities. And so, you know, we're
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we're focused on access. We're focused on quality,
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outcomes, You know, e even financial,
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you know, sustainability.
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You you can't get there,
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and and improve in those spaces,
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if there's, you know, large segments
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of your community that are consistently,
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left behind. So instead of
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treating equity
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as a add on, you know, I work
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with my peers,
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across the system to embed it,
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into how do we,
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define success. So, you know, who are we
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not reaching?
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Where do, the disparities lie? You know, and
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and what would it take to to close
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those gaps
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in a way that's scalable,
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and realistic?
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And so as we work to,
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you know, focus on those core,
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you know,
21:37
metrics around,
21:39
you know, quality,
21:40
and readmissions, and length of stay, those things
21:43
that, you know, oftentimes,
21:45
you know, drive different aspects
21:47
of the healthcare system, you know, it's important
21:50
to
21:51
dissect that data in such a way
21:53
to where we sort of know and understand,
21:56
what may be,
21:58
you know, driving some of that, you know,
22:00
even as you think about things such as,
22:03
you know, patient experience, or individuals,
22:07
you know, having an experience to where,
22:09
not only that they
22:11
feel that they're getting,
22:13
the care that they,
22:14
need,
22:15
but what's their experience
22:18
in doing that? And so, you know, when
22:20
you think about, you know, different HCAHPS scores,
22:22
and things of that nature, those are all
22:25
things that,
22:26
are greatly important, because
22:28
different things,
22:30
mean different things to different subsets of the
22:33
population. And so,
22:35
how do we work to,
22:37
continuously,
22:38
address those things? And so there's definitely moments
22:41
where you have to balance,
22:43
those short term and and and long term
22:45
pressures with with our long term impacts.
22:48
But when you align,
22:51
you know, those aspects of of health equity
22:53
with those core business goals,
22:56
you know, it it stops being attention, and
22:59
I think it it it starts to be
23:01
a
23:02
strategy. And so I'm always in in constant
23:05
communications
23:06
with,
23:07
our CFO, our our our chief quality and
23:09
safety officer, our our chief medical officer, our
23:13
chief strategy officer, marketing and communication,
23:16
because I also,
23:18
want,
23:19
to be able to to to work with
23:21
them in their spaces
23:22
so that, you know, they are able to
23:25
work with me as well to improve things
23:28
in such a way where it benefits,
23:30
the the the organization. So at the end
23:32
of the day, you know, my role is
23:34
to
23:36
assist the organization,
23:38
you know, and and and assist our communities
23:41
that, you know, our core business strategy, you
23:44
know, it it isn't separate from our mission.
23:47
It's it's essentially how we live live it
23:49
out, and if we do it well,
23:51
it strengthens both our community impact,
23:54
our brand,
23:56
and our performance. And so,
23:58
you know, I I guess to sum that
24:00
up for me, it's not about choosing between,
24:03
institutional
24:04
priorities and community needs.
24:06
It's about aligning them so we don't have
24:09
to choose.
24:11
That's such a great point. I I love,
24:13
your answer here and and really kind of
24:15
bringing together all the your colleagues in the
24:18
c suite level, understanding how important
24:21
this work that you're doing is and what
24:22
it can do overall for,
24:25
the institution, the community, and, really, you know,
24:28
continuing to grow and develop it and build
24:30
those healthier communities that I know are top
24:32
of mind across the board,
24:34
for your organization. So, that makes a lot
24:37
of sense, and it's just such a helpful
24:38
way and a refreshing way to think about
24:41
things.
24:42
Absolutely.
24:43
Definitely. So before we wrap up here, I'm
24:45
curious, you know, how are you at Lee
24:48
Health thinking about the future and and what's
24:50
actually moving the needle for reducing some of
24:53
these disparities that that could serve as a
24:54
model for other health systems? I know you
24:56
talked a little bit about some of the
24:57
things you're doing with the colorectal cancer screenings
25:00
and other care, but,
25:02
where are some of the spaces that, you
25:03
know, really are are,
25:05
focuses for you in the future as well
25:07
as things that other organizations can learn from?
25:10
Oh, absolutely.
25:12
I think
25:13
that probably
25:14
the most important thing that I think when
25:16
I think about future and how,
25:19
to address,
25:20
you know, health disparities and needs,
25:23
from various communities. I think it's important,
25:27
to
25:27
create those strong community partnerships.
25:31
You know, as I alluded to earlier, Lee
25:33
County,
25:34
in the next several years is going to
25:36
be over a million,
25:40
population.
25:41
And so for us, it's about creating those,
25:45
innovative partnerships to where,
25:47
you know, we're able to partner,
25:50
to provide better access or better healthcare in
25:53
a sense,
25:54
to our patients.
25:56
I think I'd be remissed if I don't
25:58
mention,
25:59
different aspects
26:01
of AI, and so when we think about,
26:03
how individuals,
26:05
receive care,
26:07
what populations,
26:09
and what subsets of the population
26:11
prefer,
26:12
to receive different aspects of care, so you
26:14
think about,
26:15
telehealth and you think about which generations
26:18
are,
26:19
more prone
26:20
to receive that care.
26:22
And then also as you think about different
26:24
aspects of the population,
26:26
there's also things that you have to focus
26:27
on, from an aging
26:29
population as well, and so being able,
26:32
to provide,
26:34
those types of things.
26:35
One thing I didn't mention earlier that I
26:38
think you will start to see more,
26:41
we also have
26:42
a mobile unit here,
26:44
and so continuing
26:46
to,
26:47
focus on
26:49
going to the community and not necessarily waiting
26:52
on individuals
26:53
to come to us, and so thinking about,
26:56
how do we do those things? And so,
26:59
I think a lot of those things, will
27:01
be,
27:02
something that's needed in the future, and of
27:04
course,
27:05
you know, healthcare policy and things of that
27:07
nature,
27:08
will play a major role. But I think,
27:11
continuing to focus on,
27:13
the needs of the community,
27:16
and what and how to meet those needs,
27:20
will be something that is a continued focus
27:23
of what we're doing here at Lee. Again,
27:25
our mission,
27:26
is rooted in being that trusted partner,
27:29
empowering healthier lives through care and compassion. And
27:31
so, we're looking at all assets to be
27:33
able to do that.
27:37
I love it. Doctor Anderson, thank you so
27:39
much for joining us on the podcast today.
27:41
This has been such a fabulous conversation. I
27:43
think you've set the tone so well, and
27:45
certainly I learned a lot, in terms of
27:47
how you're attacking things at LE Health and
27:49
what could be really beneficial for communities in
27:52
the future. I appreciate your time, and definitely
27:54
let's continue this conversation. I'd love to,
27:57
make sure that we're continuing to highlight the
27:59
things that you're doing at Lee Health and
28:01
how really other health systems can learn and
28:03
grow and develop when they think about health
28:05
disparities.
28:07
Absolutely. Thank you so much for having me
28:09
on.