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Truth Serum

"The truth as an offense, but not a sin." Bob Marley Lastweek (March 23, 2010), President Barack Obama signed into law Healthcare(insurance) reform after it successfully passed in the United…Continue

Tags: Newt, Gingrich, Obama, reform, care

Started by Amri Johnson Mar 28, 2010.

Staying under the radar. . .

Frankly, I am not sure what is worse for an organization, especially a healthcare organization: a disengaged employee or a disengaged employer.Both are accountable for each other's circumstance. And…Continue

Tags: suffering, organizational, engagement, employee

Started by Amri Johnson Mar 17, 2010.

Passion and Reason

When we get down to the business of organizational transformation the road to success is difficult at best. If we desire for the principles of inclusion and cultural competence to be central to…Continue

Tags: organizational, transformation, inclusion, diversity, Johnson

Started by Amri Johnson Jan 19, 2010.

Everyone's at Fault-Everybody's at Risk

In the healthcare insurance and healthcare reform debate (I consider the financial side a part of overall reform, but it is not the complete picture of reform) there are obviously sides that have…Continue

Tags: quality, reform, healthcare, health, cultural

Started by Amri Johnson Oct 30, 2009.

Health care reform: Is it all about costs?

Original post: September 7, 2009 at Diversity HealthWorksThere is one mystery - yea-ea-eah - I just can't express:To give your…Continue

Tags: costs, health, reform, healthcare

Started by Amri Johnson Sep 10, 2009.

Cultural Competence is a Strategy

Human capital strategy is often considered to be a process that consists of many parts that operate separately. Why this is a practical way to get certain things accomplished or checked off of a…Continue

Tags: disparities, strategy, health, healthcare, competency

Started by Amri Johnson Jul 14, 2009.

Health Disparities are Quality Disparities

The 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report and the National Healthcare Disparities Report from the Agency for Health Research…Continue

Tags: quality, healthcare, competency, cultural, disparities

Started by Amri Johnson Jul 9, 2009.

Culture and Quality Part IV

A couple months ago I began writing a series that I entitled Culture and Quality. As the conversation has evolved a new model has emerged. We have entitled it the: Diversity HealthWorks' Cultural…Continue

Tags: health, disparities, healthcare, quality, competency

Started by Amri Johnson Jul 9, 2009.

Transforming Healthcare 2 Replies

I am probably not as deeply rooted in healthcare and the healthcare community as most everyone else here, but I do not see a lot of attention being paid to disparities right now. This is concerning…Continue

Tags: disparities, health, Gerstandt, Joe

Started by Joe Gerstandt. Last reply by Amri Johnson Jun 22, 2009.

Where shall we go... 6 Replies

Good morning! Thanks Jim for providing a little space for us to adventure and experiment...I wonder if there might be some basic categories within this topic area that we could focus on? There is…Continue

Tags: Joe

Started by Joe Gerstandt. Last reply by Jim Canto - medXcentral May 18, 2009.