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Integrating Health and Health Care: Richard Umbdenstock Q&A

At the 2012 American Public Health Association annual meeting, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation spoke with Richard Umbdenstock, president and chief executive officer of the American Hospital Association, on ways to integrate health and health care. They asked the following questions:

What is an example you’d like to share of an intersection between public health and health care?

What do you think the key ingredients are in making these relationships work?

What leadership qualities best help the collaborations between public health and health care?