Based in Alpharetta, Ga., group purchasing organization and healthcare finance consultancy MedAssets has a 500-employee facility in Saddle River, N.J., an area that found itself in the bull's-eye of superstorm Sandy in October.
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The healthcare system and the dedicated people who work in the field are essential to a vigorous, prosperous and happy community. That's a given. What's also a given is that many of the people who are inspired to work in the field are also driven to improve their communities in activities away from...
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The Itasca Project, an 8-year-old employer-led civic alliance in the Twin Cities that focuses on quality of life, has brainstormed and implemented initiatives to improve outcomes such as education, job opportunities, public safety and healthy lifestyles.
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Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas takes care of its own—and its community.
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As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act moves forward, healthcare providers will need to pay increasing attention to prevention. John O'Brien, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Mass., believes that means building stronger ties with institutions' surrounding...
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The philanthropic work of J.R. Thomas, CEO of MedSynergies, has benefited everyone from military families, to aspiring healthcare professionals to the healthcare industry in general throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
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Young people with higher education dreams, veterans and their families, and children with digestive disorders all have reasons to thank J.R. Thomas, CEO of MedSynergies, who's led his employees in a variety of community initiatives.
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It seems like a no-brainer that the president and CEO of an organization that simply calls itself Community Hospital would show community leadership. But Chris Thomas has underscored his Grand Junction, Colo.-based organization's name and identity through his support of youth career education,...
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Youths in poverty-stricken areas of Worcester, Mass., almost certainly have brighter futures collectively ahead of them thanks to the efforts of John O'Brien and his colleagues at UMass Memorial Health Care, where he serves as president and CEO.
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Physicians and nurses at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J., threw themselves into the relief effort following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, with the support and encouragement of President and CEO Michael Maron.
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During educator Cliff Kehoe's stay at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, he and Carole Fisher, the facility's president and CEO, became quite friendly. Fisher promised Kehoe that she would honor his sense of mission and vision for high-risk elementary school students upon his death, and the...
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Sometimes it's literal and sometimes a little more conceptual, but the idea of Team Brentwood definitely took hold during the two years that recently departed CEO James Duff led Brentwood Hospital in Shreveport, La.
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For Mary Brainerd, president and CEO of Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners, a healthy community means more than simply excellent medical outcomes. “Our healthcare system is able to have a big impact on maybe 30% of healthy outcomes,” she says. “About 70% of what determines...
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Wayward hikers who need to be rescued from the eastern slope of the Sierra Mountains might not expect to see a guy like Gary Boyd until the next morning, when they wake up in the hospital.
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American combat veterans, African orphans and employees who want to give back have all received support from MedAssets under the leadership of chairman, president and CEO John Bardis during the past several years.
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With seven city managers in 10 years and a drastic reduction in the police force just as New York magazine dubbed it the “murder capital of New York,” Newburgh needed a catalyst to help it turn around.
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Modern Healthcare presents the 10 finalists for its inaugural Community Leadership Award.
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The healthcare industry is rife with good works by healthcare executives who volunteer time through their jobs to help others.
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