Leadership Rounds With Mike Slubowski

Published: Sept. 16, 2021, 6:20 p.m.

b'On this episode, Dr. Hochman discusses the COVID-19 pandemic and public health infrastructure with Mike Slubowski, president and CEO at Trinity Health, a Catholic health system that serves communities in 25 states.\\n\\nMr. Slubowski relates how Trinity Health has become the \\u201cde facto public health system\\u201d in its communities during the COVID-19 crisis \\u2014 vaccinating people, sharing information, responding to social needs, among other activities \\u2014 and the challenges and opportunities to improve public health and public health coordination.\\n\\nDuring the conversation, the two health system leaders talk about the tremendous \\u2014 and sometimes unrecognized \\u2014 impact that the pandemic is having on the health care workforce. \\u201cWe have to tell our story . . . to share some of the experiences and bravery that our people are exhibiting,\\u201d Slubowski says. \\u201cWe have to be really clear on those areas of opportunity around infrastructure and why they would be helpful.\\u201d'