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Andre Curry Joins Nonprofit Leadership Center Board of Directors

NonProfit Leadership Center

Andre is an experienced healthcare professional with a strong background in emergency nursing and a passion for community engagement. Now, he has the opportunity to put his strong governance skills to work to foster leadership development in the nonprofit sector. "I Andre is no stranger to the Nonprofit Leadership Center.

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Voting is Healthcare: Spotting Inequities and Using Civic Engagement To Address Them

Non Profitvote

Looking at the medical world through the lens of being a new EMT, the pandemic shone a bright light on inequities in our healthcare system. Just as Departments of Motor Vehicles , other government agencies, and libraries across the country play an important role in civic engagement, hospitals, clinics, and emergency rooms are the next wave.

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Maybe nonprofit governance aint what it needs to be?

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Second, the OpenAI events show that the nonprofit governance model is not "strong" enough to outweigh the interests of investors. Had this happened in education, healthcare, or other domains where philanthropy is active we'd see the industry press and professional associations paying close attention (and claiming all kinds of credit).

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The Intersection of AI and Healthcare: Transforming Patient Outcomes through Software Development

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

The Intersection of AI and Healthcare: Transforming Patient Outcomes through Software Development While the capacities and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) served as discussion points for decades, they are fast becoming realities with which nearly everyone must face today. Examples of this relationship exist in AI used in healthcare.

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How Mobile Health Clinics Advance Health Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Missvain on Wikimedia Commons Equitable access to healthcare is a key element to lessening the racial health disparities that have existed throughout the history of the United States. But how can we increase access to care when many communities of color lack hospitals and clinics?

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Medical Ship Docks in Sierra Leone for Free Surgeries and Training

NonProfit Quarterly

In August 2024, the Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, docked at the port of Freetown for a 10-month field service to provide surgical operations and educational training by invitation of the government of Sierra Leone. Photo courtesy of Jody Ray.

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Insurance in a Climate-Changed World

NonProfit Quarterly

Donors and governments may shift their dollars…to focusing on necessities like food, water, energy, and healthcare. Donors and governments may shift their dollars to focus on necessities like food, water, energy, and healthcare. Hailstones are getting bigger and more damaging. This escalation is our new normal.

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