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Patients at the Diabetes Health and Wellness Institute at Juanita J. Craft Recreation Center in southern Dallas hail from a community where residents are three times as likely to die from diabetes-related complications as in Dallas County overall. That fact inspired Joel Allison, president and CEO...
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A pediatric oncologist with Mercy Clinic, director of the Cardinals Kids Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital St. Louis and medical director for Mercy Palliative Care services, Dr. Robert Bergamini, aka “Dr. Bob,” shares his expertise well beyond his day jobs.
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The 1999 Institute of Medicine report To Err is Human set off a wave of efforts to reduce errors and increase patient safety around the nation. In Washington state, the leaders of this effort have included Diane Cecchettini, president and CEO of MultiCare Health System in Tacoma, who in 2005...
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The homeless, working people who lack healthcare insurance, and many others in northeast Florida all can attest to the impact of Hugh Greene's civic leadership in the Jacksonville area.
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As CEO of Texas Health Resources in Arlington, Doug Hawthorne has contributed his own time to causes both inside and beyond the healthcare arena—and he's provided paid leave for employees to do the same, resulting in 8,000 hours of community service on their part in 2012.
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After hearing from two friends within days five years ago that each had been diagnosed with breast cancer, both of them mothers of three small children, Sue Schick, CEO of UnitedHealthcare's Pennsylvania and Delaware regions, came to appreciate the role of Susan G. Komen for the Cure in providing...
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Tim Serban, chief mission integration officer for Providence Health & Services' Oregon division in Portland, trained as a disaster spiritual-care provider for the American Red Cross in the aftermath of the TWA Flight 800 crash off the coast of Long Island in 1996.
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Efforts to promote economic growth, the success of bioscience jobs and businesses, and the attractiveness and use of public parks in the Memphis, Tenn., area have all received boosts from the community involvement of Gary Shorb, president and CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare since 2001.
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More than 100 clinicians saw some 20,000 patients worldwide in 2012—people who otherwise would have had little access to care—thanks to the Health eVillages program created by Donato Tramuto, CEO and vice chairman of Physicians Interactive, who also has helped disadvantaged youth and...
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Before Michael Young became president and CEO of PinnacleHealth System in Harrisburg, Pa., the organization donated slightly more than $1 million a year in benefits to the community. Today, annual community benefit programs and charity and uncompensated care total nearly $100 million, and the...
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