East Liberty Family Health Care Center
Deborah K. Redmond, MBA, MHA, RPT Deb Redmond is Vice President for Ambulatory Care for UPMC Presbyterian/Shadyside. She came to UPMC three years ago, having cut her teeth in Boston (Partners Healthcare System - Brigham and Women's Hospital) and New York (Mt. Sinai Medical Center) where she ran the Rehabilitation Institute and more than 70 hospital-based practices affiliated with the hospital on the Upper East Side. In her current position, her responsibilities range from regulatory compliance to pharmacy to dental services to inclusion of all persons including those with disabilities in the work of UPMC to volunteer management to hospital-based practices of UPMC Presbyterian/Shadyside. Amid all of this, Deb is UPMC's liaison to the Center. Her work is simultaneously broad in scope and loaded with details. Deb understands this challenge as focusing on patient safety and quality (the details which make the difference) in order to provide care out in the greater community where it is needed. Deb also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Liver Foundation and is active in the Pittsburgh Regional International Student Ministry (PRISM). She's also an avid golfer, but we wonder where she finds the time! She's a dedicated wife and mother to husband Tim (pursuing his Master's Degree in Information Systems at Pitt), and two grown children Andrew and Sarah. She was especially proud when Sarah (a Development Associate in the Arts in Boston) and Andrew raised more than $17,000 for Haiti in the first week following the recent earthquake. Deb is also a person who shares the Christian faith that has undergirded the Center's ministry. She is a member at Hebron United Presbyterian Church in Penn Hills, where her husband serves on the mission committee that generously and consistently supports the East Liberty Family Health Care Center. Deb loves the family-oriented spirit of Hebron and the lively style of the contemporary worship service. Deb is currently working with the Center to explore ways to make the ministry more sustainable through maximization of collections from insurers in medical care, dental care, and pharmacy. She also was the link that got UPMC's Corporate Communications staff to design this year's Joyful Noise! Invitations and promotional materials. The favorite song that Deb has selected is a great Rock and Roll hit from the 1990s with some Pittsburgh ties: "Only Wanna Be With You" by Hootie and the Blowfish. Rock on with Deb to this great hit! And, Deb has adopted a goal of raising $10,800 for the Center's Homebound Elderly Outreach Program, because she grew up with her grandfather who deeply enriched her life as he taught her how to dance and to play cards!
How do you link the region's largest healthcare system (UPMC, a multi-billion dollar enterprise with more than 48,000 employees) and a faith-based community health center that has been quietly serving one corner of the city for 28 years? It takes someone who sees her core mission as "connecting people to improve the outcomes of many." It takes someone with the skills and experience to be able to function at the highest levels of UPMC, but with the compassion and concern for people to be approachable and helpful. In short, it takes someone like Deb Redmond.
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