Roger Nii Lante Plange - October 23, 2020 - 11 views

“Don’t judge a book by its cover” is one of the oldest idioms, yet we often assess our peers based on what we think and see of them, rather than what we know and learn about them. UK Black History Month gives us all a chance to get past that, to celebrate Black contributions. Here […]

Carolann Schumacher - October 22, 2020 - 23 views

In 2016, eight months after my annual mammogram, I requested another one. I hadn’t detected a lump or experienced any physical symptoms. But what I did have was my intuition and a family history of breast cancer. The finding was Stage 2 breast cancer. Listening to my inner voice is just one of the four […]

John Reynolds - October 20, 2020 - 95 views

Reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) is a key objective for healthcare organizations. That doesn’t just mean driving down operational costs – it also means changing the economics of care by moving away from volume-based fee-for-service models to outcome-driven value-based care. As discussed in part one of this blog series, health insurers can use business […]

Krishnakumar Arunachalam - October 16, 2020 - 98 views

At most medium-to-large insurers, application developers are well-versed in Agile application development practices. They rightly view Agile as a way to increase process agility and accelerate release cycles. Many also use some form of DevOps to automate and “institutionalize” Agile processes. After all, business users are asking for a host of new features – and, […]

Stephanie Rosenfeld Sussan - October 16, 2020 - 103 views

This Thanksgiving holiday marks five years since I heard those life-altering words: “No evidence of disease.” Several months earlier, I’d heard a different set of life-altering words: “Aggressive breast cancer.” “Aggressive” is a really scary word when paired with the word cancer. But the thing about cancer is that even when it’s gone, it’s still […]

Alagappan Veerappan - October 14, 2020 - 289 views

[This blog was written by the author and his 17-year-old daughter.]  My priorities have always been my work and my family. This summer, my daughter’s entry in a drawing competition on racial injustice changed that perspective for me, maybe forever. I was inspired by what was going on around me. We live in the Twin […]

Becky Schmitt - October 8, 2020 - 134 views

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, dedicated to education and fundraising around this devastating disease. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and the second most common cancer overall, with more than two million people diagnosed with new cases globally in 2018. That is a sobering statistic. We can and must do better. […]

Margaret Schweer - October 7, 2020 - 286 views

Intensified by the global pandemic, a sense of belonging has become a pressing organizational priority.  Work routines have been upended for leaders and employees alike – office shutdowns, remote work, extended work hours, and furloughs and layoffs. Given the prolonged nature of the disruption, what does it mean to “belong at work” during a sustained […]

If Black hair could speak, it would tell a tale of comedy, romance and horror. Hair is an opportunity to express personality and style. Yet as Black women, we learn that our hair isn’t a matter of whimsical choice but of strategic management. While this issue also affects Black men, it’s a particular pain point […]

Hanadi Salameh - October 5, 2020 - 133 views

Amid all the pressures of COVID-19, healthcare payers and providers are working to reduce high operational costs and provide a more customized user experience. Across the healthcare ecosystem, organizations need to modernize their patient- and member-facing processes and systems to enable personalized engagement, virtual healthcare and triage, more self-service options, and real-time data analytics for […]