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By John A. Lahtinen W hile growing up in the shadows of Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, home of his beloved N.Y. Mets, Elliot Joseph learned a great deal about the role and respon- sibilities of a hospital administrator from his mother, a purchasing agent at a local hospital. Joseph's mother encouraged him to en- gage as many people in the field as he could along the way. "e more I talked to folks, the more inter- ested I became in what appeared to be a wide- ranging career opportunity that would provide great challenges and allow me to do work that I thought would be meaningful," recalled Joseph, now president and CEO at Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare employs 20,000 people at its flagship academic medical center, four community hospitals and additional member organizations that provide behavior- al, home, long-term, and rehabilitation care and clinical laboratory services. But Hartford HealthCare is beginning to reach beyond the state's borders to enhance care for Connecticut residents. In a partner- ship announced with Memorial Sloan Ketter- ing Cancer Center in New York City this past year, Hartford HealthCare was selected as the charter member of the center's cancer alliance. e partnership will give the communities that Hartford HealthCare serves access to newly developed clinical trials and the very latest in cancer treatments. "We couldn't be more excited about the significant improvement in groundbreaking, breakthrough cancer treatments that will be made available through this alliance," Joseph said. A major challenge Hartford HealthCare has tackled head on over the past four years is that of rising health care costs. "Health care in America is unaffordable and we must undertake the challenge of reduc- ing the cost of care while improving quality and care coordination," Joseph said. "is sounds like a daunting task, but it's a task that many other industries before us have taken on and to great success. It's now time for us in health care to achieve the same..." To date, the organization has achieved about $2.5 billion of net revenue providing it with a platform for scale while at the same time allowing it to significantly integrate, con- solidate and coordinate many functions and make new investments in technology to ensure that care is both consistent and affordable. Still invigorated by the work he does, Joseph shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. "I still wake up every day excited by the possibility of what lies ahead and the great work that our 20,000 employees and staff members and medical staff members are doing every day," he said. q Elliot Joseph President & CEO, Hartford HealthCare 2014 | Doing Business in Connecticut 83 PHOTO/COURTESY A product of S u m m e r 2 0 1 4 GreenGuide C o n n e C t i C u t ECOmpany New Haven bank backs clean energy GREEn WaRRIOR Wallingford CEO leads hydrogen firm Energy Efficiency's Air Quality Problem NOt fully CHArgEd State grant program for EV charging stations leaves participants wanting A s u p p l e m e n t o f Publishing quarterly, the Connecticut Green Guide puts you in front of business decision-makers concerned about their business's impact on the environment — and your ad provides the opportunity to tell them how you can help lessen that impact. • Can you help them save money through efficiency? • Lessen their environmental impact with greener resources? • Provide environmentally-friendly services? Tell them about it with an ad in this targeted publication. View the digital editions online at CTGreen Guide.com Reach decision-makers in the Green business community. For more information, visit CTGreenGuide.com or contact Gail Lebert at (860) 236-9998 ext. 125 or glebert@HartfordBusiness.com. Save Money. Save the Environment. GreenGuide C o n n e C t i C u t PrOFILE