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RespectAbility’s VP of Communications Awarded Roddenberry Foundation Impact Award
Announced on the first day of RespectAbility’s Summer Lab, RespectAbility’s Vice President of Communications Lauren Appelbaum was announced as a recipient of The Roddenberry Foundation Impact Award in partnership with Propper Daley’s A Day of Unreasonable Conversation for this innovative Lab program.
“Our goal is to support creators who are fighting to break down barriers to access and representation, and to erase limits on the type of stories we tell, who gets to tell them, and how,” explained Greg Propper, President of Propper Daley and Founder of A Day of Unreasonable Conversation.
head shot of Lauren wearing an orange blazer, smiling and facing the camera color photoAppelbaum, who leads RespectAbility’s Hollywood Inclusion efforts and authored the nonprofit’s Hollywood Disability Inclusion Toolkit in 2018, created the Lab as a pilot program in 2019 with the assistance of RespectAbi
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How Nurses Will Shape the Future of Healthcare
As we emerge from the worst days of COVID-19, it is clear the future of healthcare will look different than anything we’ve seen before. What is less known and celebrated, even within the care industry, is the major role nurses are playing in the research, decision-making, and big-picture thinking behind the coming changes that will save lives, protect our wellbeing, and mitigate risk in the new normal.
Nurses are battling COVID-19 not only within hospitals, but in labs, clinics, offices, and from home -- and their work is having long-lasting effects on how we prevent and prepare for inevitable recurrences and new infectious diseases down the line. As part of the Jonas Nursing & Veteran’s Healthcare community, I see first hand the impact fellow nurses are making on a daily basis. With all that is going on in the world, from this virus, to disturbing racism and social injustices, it is i
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26 Health Care Groups Sign On To “Return To Procedures” Guidance
The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), and the American Hospital Association (AHA) announced 26 additional health care professional societies and associations have signed on to their joint “Re-entry Guidance for Health Care Facilities and Medical Device Representatives.” Released in May, the guidance outlines principles and considerations to support the vital collaboration between health care personnel and medical device representatives as health care facilities consider when and how to safely resume elective surgeries paused during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’re seeing more and more hospital systems across the country announcing that now’s the time for patients to resume the essential care put on pause as a result of COVID-19. The guidance we released with AORN and AHA will help make that happen safely and respo
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Get Covid Compliant with COVID SAFE
VideoForU, a professional full-service video production company, announced the launch of: COVID SAFE, a four minute training video that carefully explains the safety measures office personnel can take to prevent the spread of Covid-19. All the current U.S. C.D.C. standards and subsequent changes to public health policies are described in this affordable and easy to download video.
As businesses reopen in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, office managers and company owners have a greater responsibility in keeping team members safe and fully aware of the dangers of Covid-19. One of the benefits of COVID SAFE is the video reduces the amount of time and costs spent on training staff about the current health crisis. In addition, the most current preventative steps to help reduce the spread of the disease are thoroughly covered.
“COVID SAFE is a low cost high quality video product that
