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LPNs Crucial to Nursing Workforce Diversity

LPNs Crucial to Nursing Workforce Diversity

Healthcare workforce diversity – and especially nursing workforce diversity – is on the minds of those in the position to make a difference, from healthcare organization chief executive officers and university deans to human resources recruiters and college admissions professionals.

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The Plain Dealer Quotes Mazanec on Hospital Community Benefits

The Plain Dealer Quotes Mazanec on Hospital Community Benefits

On Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018, The Center for Health Affairs’ Interim President & CEO Phil Mazanec and Director of Government Relations Tony Gutowski were quoted in The Plain Dealer’s story on hospital community benefits. The piece, “Big 3 hospitals say community benefits equal $1.

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Waite Quoted in Crain's Piece on Diversity in Nursing

Waite Quoted in Crain's Piece on Diversity in Nursing

On Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, The Center for Health Affairs' Director, Healthcare Workforce, NEONI and Behavioral Health Initiatives Pam Waite, MSN, RN-BC, MHSA was quoted in a Crain's Cleveland Business piece on diversity in nursing and enriching the workforce.

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Full-Scale Exercise Tests Regional Emergency Preparedness

Full-Scale Exercise Tests Regional Emergency Preparedness

What if a disease outbreak overwhelmed hospitals in a neighboring state and then made its way to Cleveland?

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Pamela Waite Delivers Commencement Address to Chamberlain University’s Graduating Nurses

Pamela Waite Delivers Commencement Address to Chamberlain University’s Graduating Nurses

Every year, thousands of newly minted nurses don their caps and gowns, commemorate the completion of their studies at graduation ceremonies, and enter the workforce in Ohio. If you could share a message with some of them, what would you say?

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Opioid Consortium Strategic Plan Focuses Hospital Efforts to Combat Crisis

Opioid Consortium Strategic Plan Focuses Hospital Efforts to Combat Crisis

The Northeast Ohio Hospital Opioid Consortium strategic plan launched this month, bringing together participating organizations around a focused effort to address the opioid crisis.

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2018 Cuyahoga County Community Health Assessment Enters the Homestretch

2018 Cuyahoga County Community Health Assessment Enters the Homestretch

The partnership between the Cleveland Department of Public Health, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and University Hospitals to produce a collaborative 2018 Cuyahoga County Community Health Assessment is entering the homestretch.

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Behavioral Health RoundTable Addresses Issue of Healthcare Workplace Violence

Behavioral Health RoundTable Addresses Issue of Healthcare Workplace Violence

Anecdotal reports along with direct first-hand experience have led the members of the Behavioral Health RoundTable of Cuyahoga County to examine the issue of healthcare workplace violence.

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Camille Zalar Joins Northeast Ohio Hospital Opioid Consortium

Camille Zalar Joins Northeast Ohio Hospital Opioid Consortium

The Northeast Ohio Hospital Opioid Consortium welcomes Camille Zalar, MHA, BSN, RN, CARN, as its new director of education and initiatives beginning July 23. In this role, Zalar will be responsible for overseeing the Consortium’s education programming, including the initiatives related to nurse and frontline staff education.

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