Author: Dorron Blumberg

Cutting Edge Programs for the Health Professional: A Celebration

The University of Miami Executive MBA is celebrating its fortieth-year anniversary. As one of the very first business school-based health management programs in the United States, the program proudly counts over 1,000 highly successful regional and national CEOs, vice presidents, physicians and nurse executives, research directors and entrepreneurs amongst its alumni. 

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FAU EMHA Program’s Innovative Approach

This Fall, I went on a business-led Palm Beach County leadership trip to Charlotte, North Carolina to see why the city’s stellar growth in attracting a high amount of talent has left out much of its own population. The Chetty research study revealed a tale of two cities in which certain zip codes ranked dead last in economic mobility; certain social determinants must improve to lessen inequities.

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A Better Way to Live and Die: A Hospice Nurse’s Journey to Put Patients and Families First

In hospice, we often frame the end of life as a “journey,” a microcosmic narrative with recurring characters, ups and downs, days both good and bad, that ultimately declines into a final silence.

This framing helps patients and families better conceptualize the vagueness of the period before death and understand that, whether it’s traversed quickly or slowly, a path is laid out to an unavoidable destination

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1-MONTH OLD BABY TOO YOUNG FOR VACCINE RECEIVED CARE AT SALAH FOUNDATION CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AFTER HE STOPPED BREATHING

Adults Need to be Vaccinated to Create Community-Wide “Herd” Immunity
 
On his 1-month birthday, Benjamin Kruse began showing symptoms of a cold. He developed respiratory congestion and was taken to the pediatrician. Suspecting a viral infection, the doctor sent the family home to manage Ben’s symptoms and asked to see him in three days. That same night, things took a turn for the worse – Ben’s congestion intensified, he began to vomit and his breathing failed.   

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