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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Marliyn “Nia” Wright

Minority Nurse

As a result, the initiative’s name was changed to the Cultural Diversity and Workplace Advocacy Collaborative, and in 2018 Wright became the Executive Sponsor of the Collaborative. The series highlights healthcare leaders who are prominent figures in their organizations and are making transformational impacts in nursing.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Kendra Coles

Minority Nurse

Coles is known for optimizing performance and outcomes for obstetric and neonatal populations , achieved through fostering collaboration and building multidisciplinary teams. In this role, she oversees a team of 125 FTEs across various units, including Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, Pediatrics, and Special Care Nursery.

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Health Information Security – My Interview with Richard Kaufmann, CISO of Amedisys – Part 1: Origin Stories, the Security Ecosystem, and the Start Line

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Internal Audit is uniquely positioned in an organization and getting the opportunity to see how a company operates and, most importantly, how C-Suites prioritize solutions, has been one of the best decisions I’ve made on the road to becoming a CISO. JSK: You moved into the Amedisys organization in 2018 as Chief Information Security Officer.

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Loneliness, Public Policy and AI – Lessons From the UK For the US

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There’s a shortage of medical providers in the United Kingdom, a nation where healthcare is guaranteed to all Britons via the most beloved institution in the nation : The National Health Service. This initiative resulted in a strategy for tackling loneliness in the United Kingdom. million people in Britain. .

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

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If you’re in health care and don’t live under a rock, you have probably heard that United Health Group (UHG) has acquired PatientsLikeMe (PLM). Following a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the government mandated that iCarbonX divest its ownership in PLM. But the U.S. citizens’ personal data.

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

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CVS building out an SDOH platform , collaborating with Unite US for the effort. When the company quit selling lethal bullets in its sporting goods department, this largest organization in the Fortune 100 made a huge public health impact in its own footprint and waving across Big Businesses. Visit an art gallery.”.