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Kathy Greco Kathy Greco serves as CEO of Desert Healthcare District and is slated to receive this year’s prestigious “Jackie Lee Houston Heart of Gold Award” from the Women Leaders Forum of the Coachella Valley on January 31st. As CEO of Desert Healthcare District, Greco led the charge to provide $5 million in funding for the new UCR Medical Center Residency Program at Desert Regional Medical Center. In addition, she worked to fund over $900,000 to place the Alliance for a Healthier Generation Program, in partnership with the Clinton Health Matters Initiative, in every school in the Coachella Valley—touching 71,000 students in 32 schools throughout the desert’s three school districts. Greco also launched a new food insecurity initiative to ensure access to healthy food for the underserved, including low-income children and seniors. The program provides over a million pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables to food distribution sources in the Coachella Valley. KB: I understand you grew up on the East Coast, graduated magna cum laude graduate from Virginia Tech with a degree in biology, and then served in the Peace Corps in Zaire. Tell me about that experience. KG: I grew up in a very small town in rural Maryland. When I decided to join the Peace Corps and was assigned to Zaire, I had never even been on an airplane before. Zaire is both magical and heartbreaking. I was the first white person that many of the children living in the remote villages had seen. Their immediate response was to rub my skin and touch my hair; within minutes they were teaching us songs and embracing us in dance. After being there for a just a few weeks, I couldn’t help but notice a number of large pieces of farm equipment rusting on the sides of the roads. When I asked about the reason they were there it was explained that a US Foundation had wanted to help support the farming efforts of Zaire to help address the high rate of starvation. They had the equipment delivered at great expense; however, they failed to realize that the country had little access to fuel for the equipment and if they could find it, it was prohibitively expensive. The locals said what they really needed were rakes, hoes, and shovels. This was my first lesson in the importance of needs’ assessments and community input and engagement. KB: And what then brought you to Palm Springs? KG: The opportunity to return to CA and work again for a CA Special District, especially one focused on community healthcare, was my primary reason for coming to Palm Springs. KB: You were brought on as CEO of Desert Healthcare District in 2011, and I understand you just signed another 3-year contract. What’s your mandate as well as your goals for the next three years? KG: As the CEO of the District and the Desert Healthcare Foundation, I work together with the District Board and Staff to implement the goals and objectives of the District’s Strategic Plan and identify and engage partners in an effective collective effort to positively impact the health outcomes of the residents of the Coachella Valley. The current District goals are: Ensure accessto high quality hospital care at Desert Regional Medical Center. Support the practices and policy changes needed to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve health of all groups within the Coachella Valley. Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all groups. Promote and support healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life stages. Increase the resources and revenues of the District to help achieve its goals and objectives. KB: Kathy, for the uninitiated, can you describe how the Desert Healthcare District came to be? KG: Prior to 1948, desert residents and visitors requiring hospitalization were transported to healthcare facilities in Indio, Loma Linda, Redlands, San Bernardino, and Riverside. In 1942, when the United States entered World War II, the U.S. Army bought and converted the El Mirador Hotel in Palm Springs into the 1,600-bed Torney General Hospital for wounded soldiers. After the war ended in 1945, El Mirador saw several different owners until it reopened in 1952. In the meantime in 1948, the Desert Hospital District was formed to meet the increasing medical needs of the rural desert communities in and around Palm Springs using property tax dollars of the new “District” residents for support. The new District Hospital was a single building with 33 beds located on 7.85 acres of land on the hotel grounds. It cost $500,000 ($450,000 for the building; $50,000 for the land). Purchasing the entire property in 1972, Desert Hospital transformed the once-glamorous hotel site into a modern hospital. Today, the 387-bed acute-care hospital provides District residents with high quality, advanced healthcare services. KB: And you work quite differently now. What are your current programs and initiatives? KG: Through a system implemented in 1998, the District continues its commitment to the health of its residents by leading the community’s collective efforts to address healthcare access, the local healthcare workforce shortage, health disparities, socioeconomic determinants of health, and public health issues. Since 1999, more than $60 Million has been allocated through a best practices grant administration department. District revenues from property tax, a medical building asset, and an investment portfolio support these efforts. Kathy with District Board members, DHCD staff, and UCR School of Medicine Family Practice physicians at the 2014 Mayor’s Race in Palm Springs. KB: How many people does the DHD employ? And do you work alone or with strategic partners—other public agencies or nonprofits? KG: The District employs a total of five staff members. Since the District is not the primary provider of most type of services, the District collaborates with other organizations and assists with funding. The District does not complete with other providers of similar care and will identify gaps in healthcare services and programs. Some of the District’s strategic partners include ACT for MS, Angel View Inc., Palm Springs Unified School District, CVAG, CVEP, the City of Palm Springs, The California Endowment, Regional Access Project Foundation, UCR School of Medicine, Borrego Community Health Foundation, to name a few of many partnerships and collaborators. KB: Whom does the Desert Healthcare District serve: how many people does the district serve each month and is there a specific geographic boundary? KG: Boundaries for a proposed hospital district were historically based on the distance between the communities and the closest available acute care hospital services. The boundaries of the Desert Healthcare District can generally be described as being south of the Riverside/SanBernardino County Line; west of Washington Street; north of the Riverside/SanDiego County Line; and east of the Whitewater Canyon Rd. The District’s service area (approximately 60% of the Coachella Valley) encompasses the cities of Rancho Mirage, Palm Springs, PalmDesert, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs and unincorporated areas within its 457 square mile service area. The District serves approximately 250,000 Coachella Valley residents within these boundaries. Property tax dollars from these residents help ensure access every day to quality hospital services at the District/Community-owned Desert Regional Medical Center operated by Tenet Corporation. Property taxes and revenue from District investments also help fund healthcare and wellness infrastructure and programs and services in partnership with local, regional, county, and state public agencies and nonprofits. KB: You’ve mention that, through the District, area taxpayer’s dollars stay local to benefit local residents. Can you give me some examples of this? KG: Prior to leasing Desert Regional Medical Center to Tenet, all District revenue directly supported the operations and management of the hospital. Since 1999, the District has invested more than $60 million to directly benefit the health and wellness of the District residents. Examples include hospital partnership projects to support and advance community health including the UCR School of Medicine Primary Care Residency Program in the Coachella Valley with a total investment of $7,143,423 and addressing healthcare access through the support of community clinic construction and renovation with a total community investment of $14,573,789. Additionally, over $11 million has been invested to address the healthcare workforce shortage through partnerships with COD, CSUSB, UCR, and CVEP. Over $6 million has been invested to help support the health of vulnerable and fragile populations including funding community nonprofits including Angel View, Stroke Recovery, Act for MS, Pegasus, Shelter from the Storm, and Safehouse. Since 2009, the District has also invested over $4 million to support the health of the food insecure. KB: There are so many factors that contribute to both an individual and a society’s health and wellbeing—how do you determine which initiatives to tackle? KG: The District board and community recognize that a healthy community is not limited to the four walls of the hospital. The state legislature reinforced this objective in 1994 when the title of Health and Safety Code section 32000 et seq.; the “Local Hospital District Law” was changed to the “Local Health Care District Law.” This broader mission of the District allows the Board of Directors to dedicate resources to the health and welfare of the entire District. The District identifies the community’s health needs through the funding of community needs assessments including the Coachella Valley Health Monitor conducted by the Health Assessment Resource Center (HARC) every three years since 2007; annual strategic planning retreats; community engagement on the Program Committee which reviews and recommends the grant funding through a structured, best practices grant administration program; on-going review and analysis of data and statistics provided through public and private agencies; and participation in strategic planning and blueprint development conducted by partner agencies. KB: How will the Affordable Care Act impact the Desert Healthcare District? KG: The Healthcare District is committed to supporting and improving access to healthcare for its residents as well as promoting preventive care, early intervention, and wellness. The ACA will provide the changes necessary to ensure access for all and focus healthcare delivery into a coordinated, comprehensive system that addresses these District goals. KB: When you’re not hard at work, what activities do you enjoy in and around Palm Springs? KG: Anything outdoors including walking and running with our two Huskies, bicycling, swimming and gardening; also love to people watch while lunching outdoors with my husband at our favorite Palm Springs restaurants. KB: Kathy, what is it that you love most about the community of Palm Springs? KG: The natural beauty, architectural personalities, and energy.
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Kathy Greco Kathy Greco feidhmíonn sé mar Phríomhfheidhmeannach ar Desert Dúiche Sláinte agus slated a fháil le rá "Jackie Lee Houston Croí Gradam Óir" na bliana seo ó na Ceannairí Fóram na mBan Ghleann Coachella an 31 Eanáir. Mar POF Desert Dúiche Sláinte, faoi stiúir Greco an muirear a chur ar fáil $ 5 milliún i maoiniú do Cónaitheacht Clár nua UCR Ionad Leighis ag Desert Réigiúnach Ionad Leighis. Ina theannta sin, d'oibrigh sí chun maoiniú os cionn $ 900,000 chun an Comhaontas le haghaidh Clár Giniúint sláintiúla, i gcomhpháirtíocht leis an Sláinte Clinton Matters Tionscnamh, i ngach scoil sna mic léinn Coachella Valley-touching 71,000 i 32 scoil ar fud na Desert ar na trí ceantair scoil. Sheol Greco chomh maith le tionscnamh nua neamhdhaingne bhia chun rochtain ar bhia sláintiúil a chinntiú don underserved, lena n-áirítear leanaí agus na seanóirí ar ioncam íseal. Cuireann an clár níos mó ná milliún punt de torthaí úra agus glasraí le foinsí bia a dháileadh i nGleann Coachella. KB: Tuigim fhás tú suas ar an Chósta Thoir, céim amach cum laude Magna céimí ó Virginia Tech le céim i bitheolaíochta, agus ansin bhí sa Chór Síochána i Sáír. Inis dom faoi sin taithí. KG: D'fhás mé suas i mbaile an-bheag faoin tuath Maryland. Nuair a chinn mé a bheith ar an Cór Síochána agus sannadh chuig Sáír, ní raibh mé fiú ar eitleán roimh. Is Sáír araon draíochta agus heartbreaking. Bhí mé an chéad duine bán go raibh le feiceáil go leor de na leanaí atá ina gcónaí i sráidbhailte iargúlta. A n-fhreagairt láithreach a bhí ann a rub mo chraiceann agus bainidh le mo chuid gruaige; laistigh de nóiméad a bhí siad ag múineadh dúinn amhráin agus glacadh dúinn i rince. Tar éis a bheith ann ar feadh cúpla seachtaine amháin, ní raibh mé in ann cabhrú ach fógra roinnt píosaí móra trealaimh feirme meirgiú ar an taobh na mbóithre. Nuair a d'iarr mé mar gheall ar an gcúis go raibh siad ann míníodh go raibh theastaigh Fondúireacht US chun cabhrú le tacú leis na hiarrachtaí feirmeoireachta de Sáír chun cabhrú le aghaidh a thabhairt ar an ráta ard den ocras. Bhí siad an trealamh a sheachadadh ar chostas mór; áfach, theip orthu a thuiscint go raibh an tír rochtain beag bhreosla le haghaidh an trealamh agus má d'fhéadfadh siad a aimsiú sé, bhí sé ró-chostasach. Muintir na háite a dúirt an méid is gá leo i ndáiríre bhí rácaí, grafóga, agus sluaiste. Ba é seo mo chéad cheacht i tábhacht a bhaineann le measúnuithe ar riachtanais 'agus ionchur pobail agus rannpháirtíocht. KB: Agus cad a thug ansin tú go dtí Palm Springs? KG: An deis a thabhairt ar ais go dtí CA agus ag obair arís ar feadh Dúiche Speisialta CA, go háirithe dírithe ar chúram sláinte pobail amháin, bhí mo chúis go príomha as teacht go dtí Palm Springs. KB: Tugadh tú ar mar POF Desert Dúiche Sláinte i 2011, agus tuigim shínigh tú díreach tar conradh eile 3-bliana. Cad é do mhandáid chomh maith le do spriocanna do na trí bliana atá le teacht? KG: Mar an POF an Dúiche agus an Fhondúireacht Desert Sláinte, mé ag obair le chéile leis an mBord Dúiche agus baill foirne a spriocanna agus cuspóirí an Phlean Straitéiseach an Cheantair a chur chun feidhme agus a comhpháirtithe i iarracht comhchoiteann éifeachtach chun tionchar dearfach ar thorthaí sláinte a aithint agus dul i ngleic de na cónaitheoirí ar an Ghleann Coachella. Is iad na spriocanna Dúiche reatha: 1.) A chinntiú go accessto cúram ospidéil d'ardchaighdeán ag Desert Réigiúnach Ionad Leighis. 2.) Tacú le cleachtais agus na hathruithe beartais a theastaíonn chun cothromas sláinte a bhaint amach, deireadh a chur neamhionannais, agus sláinte gach grúpa a fheabhsú laistigh de Ghleann Coachella. 3.) Cruthaigh timpeallachtaí sóisialta agus fisiceach a chur chun cinn sláinte mhaith do gach grúpa. 4.) A chur chun cinn agus tacú le forbairt shláintiúil agus iompraíochtaí sláintiúla ar fud gach céim den saol. 5.) Méadú ar acmhainní agus ioncam an Dúiche chun cabhrú lena spriocanna agus cuspóirí a bhaint amach. KB: Kathy, le haghaidh an uninitiated, is féidir leat cur síos ar conas a tháinig an Desert Dúiche Sláinte a bheith? KG: Roimh 1948, cuireadh cónaitheoirí Desert agus do chuairteoirí san ospidéal iompar chuig áiseanna cúraim sláinte i Indio, Loma Linda, Redlands, San Bernardino, agus Cois Abhann. Sa bhliain 1942, nuair a tháinig na Stáit Aontaithe an Dara Cogadh Domhanda, cheannaigh an Arm na Stát Aontaithe agus thiontú an Mirador El Óstán i Palm Springs isteach 1,600 leaba in Ospidéal Ginearálta Torney do shaighdiúirí wounded. Tar éis an chogaidh dar críoch i 1945, chonaic El Mirador roinnt úinéirí éagsúla go dtí athosclaíodh é i 1952.In an dá linn i 1948, bunaíodh an Ospidéal Ceantair Desert chun freastal ar riachtanais leighis ag méadú na bpobal tuaithe Desert i agus timpeall Palm Springs ag baint úsáide cáin mhaoine dollar ar an nua "Dúiche" cónaitheoirí le haghaidh tacaíochta. Bhí foirgneamh amháin le 33 leaba atá suite ar 7.85 acra talún ar na forais óstán an Ospidéal Ceantair nua. Costas sé $ 500,000 (450,000 $ don fhoirgneamh; $ 50,000 le haghaidh an talamh). Ceannaigh an mhaoin ar fad i 1972, a chlaochlú Ospidéal Desert an suíomh óstán uair amháin-glamorous san ospidéal nua-aimseartha. Inniu, soláthraíonn an 387-leaba ospidéil ghéarmhíochaine-cúraim cónaitheoirí Dúiche le caighdeán ard, seirbhísí cúraim shláinte chun cinn. KB: Agus tú ag obair go leor difriúil anois. Cad iad do na cláir agus na tionscnaimh atá ann faoi láthair? KG: Trí chóras i bhfeidhm i 1998, leanann an Dúiche a tiomantas do shláinte na n a áitritheoirí trí thús cadhnaíochta in iarrachtaí an phobail comhchoiteann chun aghaidh a thabhairt ar rochtain ar chúram sláinte, an ganntanas lucht oibre sláinte áitiúil, éagothromaíochtaí sláinte, ar dheitéarmanaint socheacnamaíocha sláinte, agus saincheisteanna sláinte poiblí. Ó 1999, níos mó ná $ 60 milliún curtha ar fáil trí roinn riarachán deontas na cleachtais is fearr. Ioncam Dúiche ó cháin maoine, sócmhainn foirgneamh leighis, agus punann infheistíochta tacú leis na hiarrachtaí seo. Kathy le comhaltaí Boird Dúiche, foireann DHCD, agus UCR Scoil na lianna Cleachtais Teaghlaigh Leigheas ag an 2014 Rás Mhéara i Palm Springs. KB: Cé mhéad duine a dhéanann an DHD fhostú? Agus a dhéanann tú ag obair ina n-aonar nó le gníomhaireachtaí poiblí comhpháirtithe straitéiseacha eile nó-nonprofits? KG: Fostaíonn an Dúiche iomlán de chúigear ball foirne. Ós rud é nach bhfuil an Dúiche an soláthraí príomhúil cineál is mó de na seirbhísí, comhoibríonn an Dúiche le heagraíochtaí eile agus cuidíonn le maoiniú. Ní dhéanann an Dúiche i gcrích le soláthraithe eile cúram den chineál céanna agus beidh bearnaí a aithint sna seirbhísí sláinte agus cláir. Tá cuid de na comhpháirtithe straitéiseacha an Cheantair áireamh ACHT le haghaidh MS, Angel Féach ar Inc, Palm Springs Aontaithe Scoil Dúiche, CVAG, CVEP, Cathair na Palm Springs, An Dearlaice California, Fondúireacht Tionscadal Rochtana Réigiúnach, UCR Scoil an Leighis, Borrego Fondúireacht Sláinte Pobail , a ainm a lua go leor comhpháirtíochtaí agus comhoibrithe. KB: Cé a dhéanann an Desert Dúiche Sláinte freastal ar: cé mhéad duine a dhéanann an cheantair freastal ar gach mí agus tá teorainn tíreolaíoch ar leith? KG: Teorainneacha do cheantar ospidéil molta bhí bunaithe go stairiúil ar an fad idir na pobail agus na seirbhísí ospidéil is gaire atá ar fáil le cúram géarmhíochaine. Is féidir leis an teorainneacha na Desert Dúiche Sláinte cur síos ginearálta mar dheas den Líne Chontae Riverside / SanBernardino; siar ó Shráid Washington; thuaidh den Chontae Riverside Líne / SanDiego; agus in oirthear an Canyon Rd Bhán. Cuimsíonn limistéar seirbhíse na Cheantair (thart ar 60% den Ghleann Coachella) na cathracha Rancho Mirage, Palm Springs, PalmDesert, Ardeaglais na Cathrach, Desert Hot Springs agus ceantair neamhchorpraithe laistigh dá limistéar seirbhíse 457 míle cearnach. Feidhmíonn an Ceantar thart ar 250,000 cónaitheoirí Coachella Valley laistigh de na teorainneacha. Cabhrú le dollar cánach Maoine ó na cónaitheoirí rochtain a chinntiú gach lá do sheirbhísí ospidéil ar ardchaighdeán ag an Desert Dúiche / An Comhphobal-úinéireacht Réigiúnach Ionad Leighis oibriú ag Tenet Corparáide. Cánacha maoine agus ioncam ó infheistíochtaí Dúiche freisin cabhrú sláinte chiste agus bonneagar agus cláir agus seirbhísí folláine i gcomhpháirtíocht le heagraíochtaí áitiúla, réigiúnacha, contae, agus le gníomhaireachtaí agus nonprofits poiblí stát. KB: Tá tú a lua go bhfuil, tríd an Dúiche, dollar cáiníocóir cheantair fanacht áitiúil leas a bhaint cónaitheoirí áitiúla. An féidir leat a thabhairt dom roinnt samplaí de seo? KG: Roimh léasú Desert Ionad Leighis Réigiúnach le Tenet, tacaíocht do gach ioncam Dúiche díreach na hoibríochtaí agus an bhainistíocht an ospidéil. Ó 1999, tá an Dúiche infheistíocht níos mó ná $ 60,000,000 chun tairbhe go díreach leis an sláinte agus folláine na n-áitritheoirí Dúiche. I measc na samplaí tionscadail chomhpháirtíochta ospidéal chun tacaíocht agus sláinte an phobail roimh ré lena n-áirítear an Scoil UCR Leighis Cúram Príomhúil Cónaitheacht Clár i nGleann Coachella le hinfheistíocht iomlán de $ 7,143,423 agus aghaidh a thabhairt ar rochtain ar chúram sláinte trí thacaíocht tógála chlinic pobail agus athchóiriú le hinfheistíocht pobail iomlán de $ 14,573,789. Ina theannta sin, níos mó ná $ 11,000,000 infheistithe chun aghaidh a thabhairt ar an nganntanas lucht oibre sláinte trí chomhpháirtíochtaí le COD, CSUSB, UCR, agus CVEP.Over $ 6,000,000 infheistithe chun cabhrú le tacú le sláinte na ndaonraí leochaileacha agus leochaileach lena n-áirítear nonprofits pobail maoiniú lena n-áirítear Angel Féach ar, Stróc Aisghabháil, Acht do MS, Pegasus, Dídean as an Storm, agus Safehouse. Ó 2009, tá an Dúiche infheistiú freisin os cionn $ 4,000,000 chun tacú le sláinte an neamhchinnte bia. KB: Tá an oiread sin fachtóirí a chuireann le duine aonair agus sláinte na sochaí agus folláine-conas a dhéanann tú a chinneadh a bhfuil tionscnaimh chun dul i ngleic? KG: Aithníonn an bord Dúiche agus pobail nach bhfuil pobal sláintiúil teoranta do na ceithre ballaí an ospidéal. An reachtas stát threisiú an cuspóir seo i 1994 nuair a bheidh an teideal Sláinte agus Sábháilteachta Cód alt 32000 et seq.; an "Áitiúla Dlí Dúiche Ospidéal" athraíodh an "Dlí Dúiche Cúram Sláinte Áitiúil." Ceadaíonn an misean leithne de Cheantar an Bhord Stiúrthóirí chun acmhainní a thiomnú le sláinte agus leas an Dúiche ar fad. Aithníonn an Dúiche riachtanais sláinte an phobail trí mhaoiniú phobal measúnuithe lena n-áirítear an Monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar Sláinte Coachella Valley arna seoladh ag an Ionad Acmhainne Measúnú Sláinte (HARC) gach trí bliana ó 2007 ar riachtanais; retreats bliantúil pleanála straitéiseach; rannpháirtíocht an phobail ar an gCoiste Clár a athbhreithníonn agus a molann an maoiniú deontais trí chlár struchtúrtha na cleachtais is fearr deontas a riar; t-athbhreithniú leanúnach agus anailís sonraí agus staitisticí ar fáil trí ghníomhaireachtaí poiblí agus príobháideacha; agus rannpháirtíocht i bpleanáil straitéiseach agus i bhforbairt treoirphlean arna seoladh ag gníomhaireachtaí comhpháirtíochta. KB: Conas a bheidh an Acht um Chúram Inacmhainne tionchar an Desert Dúiche Sláinte? KG: Tá an Dúiche Sláinte tiomanta do thacú agus a fheabhsú rochtain ar chúram sláinte dá áitritheoirí chomh maith le cúram coisctheach, idirghabháil luath, agus wellness a chur chun cinn. Cuirfidh an LCA a chur ar fáil na hathruithe is gá chun rochtain a chinntiú do chách agus fócas ar sheachadadh cúraim sláinte i, córas cuimsitheach comhordaithe a thugann aghaidh ar na spriocanna Dúiche. KB: Nuair nach bhfuil tú ag obair go dian, cad iad na gníomhaíochtaí a dhéanann tú taitneamh a bhaint as i agus timpeall Palm Springs? KG: Rud ar bith lasmuigh lena n-áirítear siúl agus a reáchtáil le ár dhá Huskies, bicycling, snámh agus garraíodóireachta; freisin grá do dhaoine féachaint ar fad a lunching taobh amuigh le mo fhear céile ag ár bialanna Palm Springs is fearr leat. KB: Kathy, cad é go bhfuil grá agat an chuid is mó mar gheall ar an bpobal de Palm Springs? KG: An áilleacht nádúrtha, phearsantachtaí ailtireachta, agus fuinnimh.