reaching out to the larger community: health care - dr. vipin kalia (s08b-2)
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Hindu Mandir Executive Conference
September 11-13, 2009, Linthicum, MD
Session 8BAre We inward looking?
Reaching Out to the Larger Community: Health Care
Vipin Kalia, MD(317) 414-4439 [email protected]
www.UnitedWebofLife.org
www.UnitedWebofLife.blogspot.com
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ICHCS/messages
September 11-13, 2009
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Hindu Mandir Executive Conference
September 11-13, 2009, Linthicum, MD
Tragic Downward Spiral
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Hindu Mandir Executive Conference
September 11-13, 2009, Linthicum, MD
Economic Implications
• Educational– Neglected preplanning
– Ignorance of complexity and cost of health care
• Medical– Acute illness
– Chronic illness
– Psychological/emotional illness
• Relational– Catastrophic illness
– Sudden death of breadwinner or caretaker
Combined, these factors yield a “perfect storm” for economic disaster.
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Hindu Mandir Executive Conference
September 11-13, 2009, Linthicum, MD
Why Can’t Individuals Prevent These Problems?
“I am not sick, today.”
“I have a job, today.”
“I have a normal relationship, today.”
“Someone else will take care of it.”
“These problems happen to other people.”
It’s a perpetual state of denial!
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Hindu Mandir Executive Conference
September 11-13, 2009, Linthicum, MD
What Can Institutions Do to SolveThese Problems?
• Educate to tear down the state of denial
• Accumulate resources out of the reach of individuals
• Persist in efforts across generations; institutions outlive individuals
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Hindu Mandir Executive Conference
September 11-13, 2009, Linthicum, MD
HMEC Can Address These Issues While Supporting Its Own Main Cause
A satisfying cake has to be built from the bottom up, not from the icing down!
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Hindu Mandir Executive Conference
September 11-13, 2009, Linthicum, MD
$$$ through Creative Financing
• 500 temples x $10,000 = $5 million
• Team of MBAs, searching for grants, endowments, and social philanthropy
• HMEC credit cards, providing trickle funding through small percentages of purchases
• HMEC mutual funds
• Seva– 1 through 31 volunteers
– ZIP codes
– Transportation
– Childcare
– Elder care
– Chronic sickness
– Language
– Navigating a new culture
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