Transcript Five Strategies for Intentional Growth

FOUR STRATEGIES FOR
INTENTIONAL GROWTH
Healthcare Executives of Southern California
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
About Harbor
A Rich history of advancing care delivery,
Medical Education and Research
About Harbor
Situated in
Southwest LA
County
72 acre
campus
Over 1M sq.
ft. in several
buildings
Integrated
delivery
system
Tri-partite
purpose
ABOUT HARBOR: TODAY
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Key component in Los Angeles
County’s 4,000 square mile health
care safety net serving 10.3 million
residents
Public, academic, tertiary care
medical center
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538 licensed beds
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~24,000 Discharges
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~80,000 Emergency Room Visits
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~300,000 Outpatient Visits
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Just under 4,000 staff members
About Harbor: Major Teaching Mission
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ANESTHESIOLOGY
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OB-FEMALE PELVIC & RECONST SURG
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EMERGENCY MEDICINE
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OB-MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE
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EMERGENCY MEDICINE FELLOWSHIPS
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ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
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FAMILY MEDICINE
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PATHOLOGY
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FM-SPORTS MEDICINE
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PEDIATRICS
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INTERNAL MEDICINE
IM-CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
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PEDS CHILD ABUSE
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IM-CLINICAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
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PEDS CRITICAL CARE
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IM-INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
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PEDS EMERGENCY MEDICINE
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IM-DERMATOLOGY
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PEDS ENDOCRINOLOGY
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IM-ENDOCRINOLOGY
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PEDS INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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IM-ENDOCRINOLOGY RESEARCH
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PEDS MEDICAL GENETICS
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IM-GASTROENTEROLOGY
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PEDS NEONATAL-PERINATAL
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IM-HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
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PSYCHIATRY
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IM-INFECTIOUS DISEASE
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CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
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IM-NEPHROLOGY
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RADIOLOGY: DIAGNOSTIC
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IM-PULMONARY/CRITICAL CARE
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RADIOLOGY-BREAST IMAGING
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IM-RHEUMATOLOGY
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NEURORADIOLOGY
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KENNAMER FELLOWSHIP
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SURGERY
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NEUROLOGY
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CHILD NEUROLOGY
SURGERY-GENERAL DENTISTRY
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CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
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SURGERY-OMFS
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OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
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VASCULAR SURGERY
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TRANSITIONAL YEAR MEDICINE
Serving Multiple Municipalities
Patient
Demographics
Linguistically and
culturally diverse
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Low literacy levels
(6th grade)
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Limited English
proficiency
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Spanish and
Korean most
common
Resource challenged
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~25% uninsured
55% MediCal;
8% Medicare
FOUR STRATEGIES FOR
INTENTIONAL GROWTH
Healthcare Executives of Southern California
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
What I mean by Intentional Growth?
Growth that is:
 Purpose-driven
(Why?)
 Grounded in a needs assessment (What)?
Strategy 1: PREPARE FOR
TOMORROW…Today!
Strategy 1: PREPARE FOR
TOMORROW…Today!
1. Commit to being a lifelong learner
2. Invest in yourself
3. Seek/secure clarity in vision and purpose
Strategy #2: Take calculated risks
Strategy 2: Take Calculated Risks
1. Reflect on past decisions that proved to be wrong. What did
you learn?
2. Distinguish between uncertainty and indecisiveness
3. Practice P=40-70
Strategy #3: BE POSITIVE
Strategy #3: BE POSITIVE
1. Begin each day with your “PMA”!
2. Help others to develop a growth
mindset
3. Heap praise whenever/wherever
you can; but don’t avoid true
issues
Strategy #4: BE OF SERVICE/VALUE
Strategy #4: BE OF SERVICE/VALUE
1. Truly Value others
2. Make ourselves more
valuable to others
(intentional growth)
3. Know and relate to what
others value
4. Do things that ____ values
Closing Thoughts
“Don’t wait for the
leaders, be the leaders”
“A problem is a chance
to do your best”
Mother Teresa
“Act as if what you do makes a
difference
Duke Ellington
William James