Issue 30, November 3, 2022
America faces daunting and complex healthcare challenges that include and go beyond the current pandemic. In myriad ways, innovative healthcare companies are developing solutions to improve access to care, battle disease, strengthen population health, and meet the needs of underserved communities. This newsletter will offer examples of Healthcare Leadership Council members answering the call. |
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Health Equity Collaborative Receives National Healthcare Award from Health Industry Leaders
The Colorado Equity Compass is a partnership between four organizations: Change Matrix, The Colorado Health Institute, Consume & Create, and funded by The Colorado Trust. It works to provide changemakers and communities with the stories, data, and resources they need to improve the lives of all Colorado residents. These groups recognize the challenges all communities face in areas such as health equity, cultural competency, social determinants of health, and making information digestible and understandable.
Cultural Competency Training Group Receives National Healthcare Award from Health Industry Leaders
The Nevada Cultural Competency is a collaboration between High Sierra Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and Nevada Primary Care Association (NVPCA), and offers training for healthcare facilities and is focused on the improvement of cultural awareness, inclusivity, and quality care delivery statewide. This training was created to specifically educate healthcare providers about respecting and treating unique individuals from all backgrounds in order to improve quality of care and effectively address the needs of all patients.
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CEO Pledge for Physical Activity
Be a part of a social movement to make physical activity and healthy movement a cultural norm in the workplace!
The CEO Pledge for Physical Activity is a tool to improve good physical and mental health, and provides invaluable benefits to employees, their families, employers, and communities.
Learn more at https://paamovewithus.org/ceopledge/ |
| Pfizer to Seek FDA Approval for Breakthrough RSV Vaccine
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rates of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - an illness particularly dangerous for infants - are nearly twice as high as last year. Pfizer, a Healthcare Leadership Council member, has said it will seek FDA approval before the end of the year for a vaccine designed to protect newborns from RSV. Pfizer's vaccine candidate, the first against RSV and the first new product related to the infection in over two years, is administered to pregnant women who then make antibodies that cross the placenta and protect the baby after birth. Trial data has shown the vaccine to be 80 percent effective in preventing severe RSV disease in infants in their first three months of life.
Pfizer senior vice president of vaccine clinical research and development Dr. William Gruber told CNN, "We know that children that have RSV end up having compromised lung status and they become more susceptible, in many instances, to other respiratory infections that put them back in the hospital. So we're very interested in determining does this not only have a specific effect as the vaccine was intended to have against RSV, but it may have a side benefit of allowing these children to fare better over the long term."
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AMN Healthcare Supporting Medical Interpreters Facing Trauma Challenges
AMN Healthcare, the nation's largest healthcare staffing company and a Healthcare Leadership Council member, is providing vital mental health resources to the medical interpreters who serve as a bridge between patients facing language barriers and healthcare providers. These interpreters are exposed to what is referred to as "vicarious trauma," exposure to patients' medical and emotional trauma. Interpreters may also experience PTSD if a patient's medical or familial circumstance hits close to home.
Justin Rice, senior manager of operations for AMN Healthcare Language Services, said, "Vicarious trauma is not something that happens to you as a person, but it's something that is a traumatic event as a witness that stays with you, so you're experiencing the trauma through someone else as an interpreter. You take the role of that person. You become their voice, or if you're a sign language interpreter, their voice and their ears. By speaking in the first person and constantly repeating 'I', interpreters internalize the trauma and start to experience it as their own."
AMN provides 24/7 communication for these interpreters through Microsoft Teams, enabling team members to consult with each other. The company also extends its Employee Assistance Program to interpreters in multiple countries, providing free therapy to those suffering from depression or anxiety. |
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