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Heidi Hedberg
47:49 - 48:18
“we also saw that there was not a lot of requests in the readiness area, um, around care coordination. And so we wanted to elevate that because we, that is an area that we really need to step into”
- Speaker
- Heidi Hedberg
- Timestamp
- 47:49 – 48:18
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- September 14, 2026
From the transcript
So it is not the only thing that we are going to be focusing on. But it was also in the reverse. We also saw that there was not a lot of requests in the readiness area, um, around care coordination. And so we wanted to elevate that because we, that is an area that we really need to step into when we are hearing hospitals say, look, it's really hard to discharge. We're not sure, um, where the patient can go.
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