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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

She also lives in a food desert, which makes getting nutritious and affordable food difficult. The nearest fresh food grocer is three miles away, across the 101 freeway. She can afford one big shopping trip in the month and at the end of the month she visits the local food pantry to subsidize until she gets her next paycheck.

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Groundbreaking Study to Tackle Cancer Disparities among Black Women

NonProfit Quarterly

By centering Black women’s voices and experiences, we can dig deeper in uncovering the unique challenges and barriers contributing to cancer disparities and develop tailored interventions to mitigate them.” Black women carry a long and sordid history of injustices when it comes to medical research and clinical trials.

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5 Benefits of Using Data to Improve the Patient Experience

Top Nonprofits

So, how can healthcare organizations enhance the patient experience without increasing administrative burdens? Patients, on the other hand, can also feel overwhelmed when communicating their symptoms and fact-checking their medical records. Johnson for [Specialty] has been approved. We’ll call on [Date] with appointment details.”

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

The narrative roots of attaching work requirements to public benefits have been developing since the racist and sexist ideologies of slavery in the United States. That’s not career development. She relied on her benefits to keep food on the table and a roof over her family’s head. They are administratively efficient.

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Getting to Know Our Board Members: Amanda McCollum

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

She started as a HR Administrator and has ascended to the role of Vice President of Human Resources while also serving the firm as a consultant in human capital advisory. Tell us about your previous experience working in the nonprofit sector. Tell us about your previous experience working in the nonprofit sector.

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How Private Equity Is Swallowing Up Health Care—And What to Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

percent of the entire US economy and growing), a per capita level of expenditure that is far higher than any other developed nation, yet health outcomes are poorer. Due to these actions, Prospect Medical is currently facing litigation—perhaps these efforts will succeed in reopening the hospital in Upper Darby.

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Living into a Childhood Commitment: A Conversation with Cyndi Suarez and Kaytura Felix

NonProfit Quarterly

In this conversation between Cyndi Suarez, NPQ ’s president and editor in chief, and Kaytura Felix, managing director, Leadership for Better Health, at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the two leaders discuss medical racism, health justice, and what it really means for a system to support people’s health. I went to medical school.

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