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Monthly Archives: December 2020

Add Telemedicine to Your List of Healthcare Options
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Add Telemedicine to Your List of Healthcare Options

15 Dec 2020

By Shelley Cooper, Ed.D, MAT, BSBA Diversity Telehealth, LLC Telehealth has been around for a few years but has not received as much attention until now, when Covid-19 disrupted healthcare access. You might be asking, “What is the difference between telehealth and telemedicine?” Telemedicine is characterized as medical services delivered ... Read More »

Rising Stronger – Together
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Rising Stronger – Together

10 Dec 2020

By Qiana Thomason President and CEO Health Forward Foundation “We believe in the possibilities of a greater democracy where all have equal access to power, money, and the necessary resources to be healthy.” 2020 has been a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic, glaring health injustices for people of ... Read More »

Connecting With Community Matters
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Connecting With Community Matters

10 Dec 2020

By Alexander Boland, Student “Servant leadership may sound contradictory, but in order to lead, you first must serve.” As a senior at Rockhurst University, I’m currently on track to receive my bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus in Marketing. During a worldwide pandemic, it has been a struggle ... Read More »

Servant Leadership — Love, Hope and Mission
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Servant Leadership — Love, Hope and Mission

10 Dec 2020

By John W. Bluford, III, MBA, FACHE President, Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute President Emeritus, Truman Medical Centers On several occasions, I have presented a message of leadership incorporating the themes of “Love, Hope and Mission.” My message to various audiences across the country encompassed traditional attributes of integrity, judgement, capability ... Read More »

A Reflection on HOPE
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A Reflection on HOPE

10 Dec 2020

Melinda L. Estes, MD President and CEO Saint Luke’s Health System Chair, American Hospital Association Board of Trustees It’s easy to see where one might have lost hope in the expansive tragedy that’s been 2020. Too often, the bad news has outweighed the good, leaving us feeling like the window ... Read More »

Real Faith in Action
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Real Faith in Action

10 Dec 2020

By Cornell Gorman Co-Founder and Marketing Director G.I.F.T. (Generating Income For Tomorrow) “I didn’t know what was going on, but I knew I was supposed to pursue the thing I was being called to do.” In so many ways, 2020 has been a disaster. A pandemic, deaths, disease and division ... Read More »

Faith Hope Love & Togetherness
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Faith Hope Love & Togetherness

09 Dec 2020

Hope and love are powerful words when they are incorporated into our daily lives. They create pathways to display empathy and helps us tackle life’s situations and circumstances. Lives infused with these qualities and beliefs turn valley experiences into mountainous triumphs, making it second nature to see our glass as ... Read More »

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