Podcasts about Catholic Health Initiatives

Scared? Got questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod! Your Buzzkills are BACK with a brand new episode and to remind you that in space, no one can you hear you scream… that your (Jeff Bezos) feminism sucks! Lizz and Moji bring you this week's WTF moments of a Catholic hospital system suing because… a fetus isn't a person! Plus, they break down the Grand Damn of abortion bills that was proposed in North Carolina. THANKFULLY it got royally flushed, but you know how these things go. They are evil energizer bunnies who never give up. WE'VE GOT A TRIPLE THREAT LINEUP OF GUESTS! The star of The Vampire Diaries, badass activist Candice King is buzzkilling it as she talks about her upcoming new show, We Were Liars, and the sexist shit storms currently raging in Tennessee. Super creepy preview: They have an AI fetus they're trying to present in schools to talk about sex ed. DON'T MISS IT! ANDDDD! Considered some of the top researchers and experts in abortion care, Dr. Carole Joffe and Law Professor David Cohen join to talk about their incredible new book, After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion. Their research and reporting on the resilience and innovation in our movement post-Dobbs is the inspiring glimmer of hope we can all use right now. Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y'all. We gotchu.  OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more. HOSTS:Lizz Winstead IG: @LizzWinstead Bluesky: @LizzWinstead.bsky.socialMoji Alawode-El IG: @Mojilocks Bluesky: @Mojilocks.bsky.social SPECIAL GUESTS:Candice King IG: @Candiceking TikTok: @itscandicekingDr. Carole Joffe Bluesky: @carolejoffe.bsky.socialDavid Cohen IG: @dsc250 Bluesky: @dsc250.bsky.social  GUEST LINKS:Candice King LinktreeBUY BOOK: “After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion”DONATE: Keep Our Clinics NEWS DUMP:East Texas Lawmaker Files Bill to Test Drinking Water For, um, Abortion Medication?How Antiabortion Extremists Stopped a Beverly Hills Clinic From Opening … With Help From City OfficialsBurial, Cremation Requirement for Procedural Abortions in Nebraska AdvancesAiming to Limit Damages, Catholic Hospital Argues a Fetus Isn't the Same as a ‘Person'A Harsh New Abortion Ban Won't Pass in NC, but You Still Should Be Alarmed EPISODE LINKS:Our Feelings on the Space WomenADOPT A CLINIC: Charlotte For Choice Volunteer Wish ListNE Abortion Resources (NEAR) The Stigma Relief FundOur Justice WebsiteBUY AAF MERCH!Operation Save AbortionSIGN: Repeal the Comstock ActEMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist BuzzkillsAAF's Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist SHOULD I BE SCARED? Text or call us with the abortion news that is scaring you: (201) 574-7402 FOLLOW US:Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast Instagram ~ @AbortionFrontBluesky ~ @AbortionFrontTikTok ~ @AbortionFrontFacebook ~ @AbortionFrontYouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFrontTALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! DONATE TO AAF HERE!ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!When BS is poppin', we pop off!

This week's episode is the first in a limited series we're calling “Moments of Growth.” We had some big milestones this year, and we wanted to look back and talk to people that we've worked with and share the progress they've made (and us, too!) this past year.    This first episode is about mental health programming. Awhile back, our local healthcare network, Catholic Health Initiatives, did a needs assessment for our community. Like many rural communities, mental health was at the top of the list. We formed a Mental Health Coalition comprised of people in our community who are simply interested in and willing to work on this issue in our community, and you're hearing from some of the people involved with that today!    In this episode, we talk about the challenges of mental health programming in rural areas, COVID-19's impact on mental health, and suicide awareness, among other things, and hear from four people deeply involved in this work in different ways.    In this episode, we hear from:  Josh Gow, Director of Mission at CHI Oakes Hospital Monica McConkey, Licensed Professional Counselor and Mental Health Consultant Michele Thorpe, psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner Dani Dinger, Family and Community Wellness Extension Agent with NDSU   Links and Resources Mentioned: Monica was a guest on the podcast! You can find her episode here: https://www.growingsmalltowns.org/post/episode117

Yavapai Regional (YRMC) is inviting local non-profit organizations to consider applying for grants that support the delivery of services vital to improving community health and well-being and improving health equity. The application period is open June 17 and runs through August 16, 2024 Successful applicants will be announced in December for projects conducted between March 2025 and February 2026. This opportunity is part of the CommonSpirit Health Community Health Improvement Grants program. YRMC is part of CommonSpirit Health, which was created in 2019 when Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health came together to create a national health system. The grant... For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/non-profit-organizations-can-apply-for-community-health-improvement-grants-with-yavapai-regional/Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

What are good uses of video when promoting your private practice? In those situations, what makes a good vs. bad video? If it's so easy to do video today why don't more people do them? Today's guest does video in healthcare for a living and will bring some sanity to this discussion. Tony Gnau is the Founder and Chief Storytelling Officer at T60 Health, the healthcare video specialists. He's a three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and 18 Telly Awards for corporate videos. He is also the author of the Amazon #1 Bestseller Lights, Camera, Impact: storytelling, branding, and production tips for engaging corporate videos. He has created videos for the likes of Walgreens, Aurora Healthcare, CommonSpirit, and Catholic Health Initiatives. Finally, Tony is a former USC Trojan football player, Star Wars geek, and a devoted husband and father. In this episode Carl White and Tony Gnau discuss:What it takes to do good video for private practiceGood uses of video in private practiceHow to use video appropriately to promote your private practice Want to be a guest on PracticeCare?Have an experience with a business issue you think others will benefit from? Come on PracticeCare and tell the world! Here's the link where you can get the process started. Connect with Tony Gnauhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tonygnau/ Connect with Carl WhiteWebsite: http://www.marketvisorygroup.comEmail:  whitec@marketvisorygroup.comFacebook:  https://www.facebook.com/marketvisorygroupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD9BLCu_i2ezBj1ktUHVmigLinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/healthcaremktg 

Remain independent or integrate with a large system? This has been a hot topic in rural healthcare, especially when considering its impact on reimbursement, organizational culture, community engagement, and more. This week we are talking with Jose Alba, the President for CentraCare–long prairie in central Minnesota. Jose will discuss the care structure his facility is transitioning to and share his perspective on hospital systems. “We've really worked together to try to not only leverage the resources of our large healthcare system but how do we do things right in rural health and partner and work together and collaborate and innovate.” -Jose Alba Jose has more than nine years of healthcare leadership experience. He has spent his whole career in rural care delivery and for the past six months, he has been the President of CentraCare Long Prairie. He has also held leadership roles with Astera Health, Sanford Health, and Catholic Health Initiatives. He received his Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration from Minnesota State University Moorhead and earned his healthcare MBA from the University of Mary, Bismarck, ND. He currently holds Fellow status through the American College of Healthcare Executives and serves on the boards of two local non-profits. Jose is also certified as a rural hospital CEO through the National Rural Health Association. Jose and his family currently reside in Wadena with his wife Katie (10 years), Kids (Mia 6, Andre 4, Sofia 4 months), and his mom. He enjoys being competitive when he can and traveling with his friends and family. Originally from the Staples-Motley area, he considers central Minnesota home.

Journey with me as I interview Patricia Golden Webb, former CAO of a 30 Billion Dollar Healthcare Enterprise. Her brand qualities include integrity, trust, Honesty, knowledge, and expertise in employee relations and operations. Webb has leveraged internal and external relationships to create a culture and a successful work environment. Hope without action is a dream,” says Pat Webb. She strives for everyone to get the right exposure and experience to drive the organization's overall mission.  Know the business you are in and ensure that your skill sets are transferable to any industry you may pursue as a human resources professional. Patricia (Pat) Golden Webb is a board-level executive who served as senior executive vice president and chief administrative officer for Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation's largest health systems. CommonSpirit, the merged entity of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, encompasses 800+ care locations, more than 150,000 employees and $29.2 billion in revenue.  Before transitioning out of her corporate roles, Webb co-led CommonSpirit's transformation and national integration efforts. She previously served as executive vice president for Catholic Health Initiatives. During her nine-year tenure with CHI, Webb led the dual functions of administration and human resources, encompassing the company's operations. Additional areas under her direction also included the company's foundation, marketing, communications, diversity, and inclusion.  Webb was one of four senior executives who led the merger and integration between Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health, resulting in the nation's largest non-profit healthcare system, CommonSpirit Health in February 2019.  Webb previously served as the top human resources and administrative officer at UMass Memorial Health Care and Boston Medical Center. She addressed similar challenges bringing two different health systems into a single entity.  Webb is uniquely qualified to lead -- and provide expertise for how to best manage --the employer/employee relationship that comprises corporate culture. Pat is particularly adept at implementing effective strategies for attracting, hiring, and retaining talent and how the outcome of those strategies, a high-performing workforce, completes mission-critical work. Dedicated to serving others through strong customer service, Webb's career has been defined by bringing large, diverse constituencies together to find common and commonly held values. She has consistently delivered results that have led to cost savings, integrated systems, processes, and organizational design structures that have helped create environments necessary for growth. She earned an M.S. in Business and Human Resource Management from the University of North Florida. and a B.S. in Management and Marketing from Florida A&M University Webb is a for-profit and not-for-profit board member. Currently, she serves on the Telecare Corporation board, The Leverage Network board, and the March of Dimes board of Atlanta. She is the former vice and board chair for Centura Health, a multi-billion-dollar regional healthcare system serving Colorado and Kansas. She previously served as board chair for the CHI Foundation and board member for the Mercy One Health System, which serves Iowa. Webb is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and formerly served as president of the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE.)  Let US Welcome Patrica Golden Webb to the Follow The Brand Podcast, Where We are building a 5 STAR Brand That you can Follow!

Anti-Abortion Groups vs. the FDA | Colorado legislators seek big boost in Special Education funding | Catholic hospitals no longer performing tubal ligations after Dobbs decision | Cannabis legalization seems to be okay | RJD2 is the Concert Pick of the WeekWelcome to High Country - politics in the American West. My name is Sean Diller; regular listeners might know me from Heartland Pod's Talking Politics, every Monday.Support this show and all the work in the Heartland POD universe by going to heartlandpod.com and clicking the link for Patreon, or go to Patreon.com/HeartlandPod to sign up. Membership starts at $1/month, with even more extra shows and special access at the higher levels. No matter the level you choose, your membership helps us create these independent shows as we work together to change the conversation.Alright! Let's get into it: DENVER (AP) COLORADO NEWSLINE: Anti-Abortion Groups vs. the FDABY: LINDSEY TOOMER - JANUARY 31, 2023 3:45 AMReproductive rights advocates in Colorado were feeling optimistic following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to expand access to the abortion pill mifepristone in early January — but a federal lawsuit filed just 10 days later has made the future of medication abortions uncertain. On Jan. 3 the FDA issued a decision that allows the abortion drug mifepristone to be picked up at a pharmacy if the patient has a prescription, eliminating a previous requirement that the drug be given directly from a health care provider. Dr. Kristina Tocce, medical director at Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, said the FDA's decision is a “really big breakthrough” that should increase access across the country. América Ramirez, program director for the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights, said it's exciting to see expanded access and agreed it could be beneficial for people across the state, especially the Latina community. U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat who co-chairs the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, said during a recent press conference with news reporters that the caucus is working with the Biden administration to ensure the U.S. Postal Service will be able to deliver abortion medications when prescribed by an out-of-state doctor. Karen Middleton, president of Cobalt, a Colorado-based reproductive rights advocacy organization, said the FDA's decision will be particularly beneficial for Coloradans outside of the Denver metro area, so long as their pharmacies are willing to participate. But, she said while this is a positive step forward, there are still too many “bureaucratic and cost barriers” for those seeking abortion care.“We've known for years that medication abortion care is overwhelmingly safe and effective,” Middleton said in an email. “We hope that Colorado pharmacies, especially in rural areas, will make it available to patients as soon as possible and without bureaucratic delay.”But anti-abortion groups have sued to stop pharmacies from filling prescriptions for mifepristone, and the case will likely go all the way to the Supreme Court. The lawsuit argues the FDA “exceeded its regulatory authority” in approving the use of mifepristone and misoprostol to end a pregnancy, and seeks a preliminary and a permanent injunction that would remove the FDA's approval. That would imply that Congress should decide, which is of course, dumb.Attorneys for the U.S. Justice Department said there are no examples in history where a court has second-guessed a determination from the FDA that a drug is safe and effective. Karen Middleton said the lawsuit was the anti-abortion groups' only choice, as they “know that they'll lose at the ballot box” since purple and red state voters repeatedly voted to protect abortion rights in 2022. “That's why these radicals are bringing legal challenges in Federal District Courts with conservative judges — to weaponize the legal system to end legal abortion access,” Middleton said. Fawn Bolak, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, called the lawsuit a “politically-motivated attack” that has “no basis in science,” as the drug has been used safely and legally since it was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ago. This lawsuit is designed to push abortion care further out of reach for the most vulnerable.“Exploiting the legal system in an attempt to prevent people from accessing safe, essential health care is unconscionably cruel. Rest assured PPRM will continue to provide safe and legal abortion care to our patients — no matter the outcome in this case.”CHALKBEAT COLORADO: Education Committee backs big boost in Special Ed SpendingColorado would fund special education at the levels lawmakers promised back in 2006, under legislation recommended unanimously Friday by a special committee on school finance.The special education bill would reimburse districts $6,000 for each student with what's known as a Tier B disability, and who requires more intensive support for students to be successful in school. These include dyslexia, autism spectrum disorders, developmental delays, deafness, blindness, emotional disabilities, and traumatic brain injuries, among others. The bill also calls for Tier B funding to increase every year by the rate of inflation.Both the federal and state governments require school districts to provide a “free and appropriate” education to all students, including those with disabilities, but they pay just a fraction of the cost. That won't change with this bill.School districts would still bear about two-thirds of the additional cost of providing special education services, but a few years ago, the state was paying less than half of what it had promised. The new bill would add $40.2 million in special education funding to next year's budget, bringing the total to at least $340 million, a 13% increase. The amount could be more, depending on how lawmakers handle requirements to respond to inflation. The bill could also get scaled back, in future budget committee negotiations.The special education bill, sponsored by state Sens. Rachel Zenzinger (D-Arvada) and Barbara Kirkmeyer, a Brighton Republican, along with state Reps. Kipp and Lisa Frizell, a Castle Rock Republican, will be the only bill to come out of the Interim Committee on School Finance this session.Sen Zenzinger, who also chairs the Joint Budget Committee and serves on the interim committee on school finance, sounded a note of caution even as she signed on as a prime sponsor of the funding increase bill. “We'll put it out there as what we'd like to see, and we'll see what's available to us in the budget,” she said.Bureau Chief Erica Meltzer covers education policy and politics and oversees Chalkbeat Colorado's education coverage. Contact Erica at emeltzer@chalkbeat.org.COLORADO SUN: Catholic hospitals crack down on contraceptionJennifer Brown4:00 AM MST on Jan 31, 2023Colorado has one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the country, but health care advocates say women in rural and mountain towns often lack reproductive health care accessWhen the only hospital in Durango with a maternity ward decided that it would no longer let women get their tubes tied, there was no public announcement. Mercy Hospital's website doesn't spell it out, either. Instead, a read-between-the-lines statement added to the Centura Health hospital's website in September noted that Mercy is “responsible for conducting itself in a manner consistent with the ethical principles of the Catholic church ministry.” The hospital had recently completed a “re-education” of hospital staff and board members regarding the church's ethical and religious directives, it said, adding that “patients are fully informed of all treatment options.” Doctors who deliver babies at Mercy said they were told that beginning April 15, they can no longer provide post-cesarean-section tubal ligations - a sterilization procedure in which the fallopian tubes are cut. Women who have decided not to have more children often have their tubes tied immediately after a C-section, when they are already under spinal anesthesia, sparing them from the risk, cost, and hassle of scheduling a separate second procedure.The hospital already prohibited tubal ligations after vaginal births, but had been allowing them after C-sections because of the undue burden it placed on patients.  It's been up to obstetricians to tell their pregnant patients that they will have to go elsewhere for permanent birth control. Dr. Kimberly Priebe, who delivers 90-100 babies a year and has been an obstetrician-gynecologist in Durango for 20 years said “Patients are furious. This decision undermines our patients' trust in Centura.” Mercy's prohibition of sterilization comes as health care advocates across the country are concerned about diminishing reproductive rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.Even in Colorado, a state with statutory protection for abortion and one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the country, women are losing access to reproductive health care, particularly in rural and mountain areas where there is only one hospital in town.Mergers that have joined Catholic health systems with secular or protestant systems have created a confusing health landscape for patients seeking abortions or birth control.Centura Health, formed in 1996 by the merger of Catholic Health Initiatives and Adventist Health System, has 16 hospitals in Colorado and three in Kansas. The Catholic hospitals, including Mercy, follow the Catholic directives, while the Adventist hospitals do not. In Denver, doctors affiliated with Centura Health can steer patients who want their tubes tied to nearby hospitals. But in Durango - and other towns with just one hospital - that's not an option. Sophia Mayott-Guerrero, senior organizing strategist with ACLU of Colorado said “We really are seeing a trend with hospitals, insurance companies, pharmacies, other health care entities, discriminating against people by denying basic care … all in the name of religion. The main target is reproductive access, including birth control, emergency contraception, sterilization and abortions.“We can't really consider access to reproductive health care in Colorado universally protected until everybody in every corner of our state has access. There's often this perception that everybody in Colorado has access to abortion and to reproductive health care and that is just fundamentally untrue, especially in the rural parts of the state where you just don't have additional options.”It's unclear why Mercy Hospital had been allowing tubal ligations after C-sections and what led to the change. CommonSpirit Health, the Catholic owner of Mercy and other Catholic hospitals, said they had no updates to provide. The Diocese of Pueblo, which includes all of southern Colorado, referred questions to Centura Health. Centura Health officials would not give an interview about the change at Mercy, or explain why it's happening now, considering that Mercy has been Catholic since it was founded. The only exception is for women predisposed to cancerAfter the latest “reeducation” of the Catholic directives, Mercy said it would allow tubal ligations post C-section for only one reason — if the woman has a genetic predisposition to ovarian or breast cancer. — Dr. Kimberly Priebe, Four Corners Obstetrics and Gynecology said “This is a very small number of women, and what an arbitrary exception.”“What about women with hypertension, diabetes, blood clotting disorders, uterine abnormalities, and the many other risk factors that can make pregnancy deadly? It seems the Catholic church does not want a woman dying of cancer but during pregnancy is OK?”With the new Mercy policy prohibiting tubal ligations after C-section, doctors will send those patients to the local surgical hospital, though they are concerned about overwhelming the center. And, doctors say, forcing women to schedule the procedure separate from their hospital delivery puts them at unnecessary risk, disrupts their lives with more time away from work, and costs the health system more money. The Medicaid billing rate for a doctor performing a tubal ligation post C-section is a $90 add-on and takes about 10 minutes, doctors said, not including anesthesia and facility fees.Patients who go to Animas Surgical Hospital for a standalone tubal ligation would likely have to pay thousands of dollars for the procedure. The hospital's cash-pay price for the procedure for people without insurance is $9,900.“Patients do not understand how a health care option can be refused when our hospital gets public money and purports to put patient care first,” Dr Priebe said. Pregnant patients in Summit County also face tough choices. Like in Durango, the only hospital is Catholic.St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco, part of Centura Health, does not provide tubal ligations. Dr. Amy Tomlinson, an OB-GYN in Summit County, has had to explain to hundreds of patients that they cannot get their tubes tied at the hospital where they plan to give birth. “Usually, honestly, it was a huff and a sigh and an eye roll,” she said. “Sometimes it was a jaw drop and a shake of the head. But I think women are so used to being second-class citizens in this society that I don't think it was ever terribly surprising to people.”  Summit County women have the choice of delivering at St. Anthony and then getting their tubes tied later at another hospital, or driving more than an hour to Denver to deliver their baby so they can have the procedure at the same time. And for women who already have a C-section scar on their uterus, it's especially dangerous to ask them to drive that far in labor, Tomlinson said. “The Catholic position is, ‘If you don't like it, you can go somewhere else,'” she said. “Well, it's not like you can go across town when your hospital is the only one in a tri-county radius. We essentially become an island during snowstorms up here. Even if a patient wants to go elsewhere, she may not be able to get there. And then you are asking women to drive an hour or more while they are laboring. Why would we put women at risk for rupturing their uterus or for giving birth on the side of the road?”Tomlinson, who is opening her own practice but in the past worked at High Country Healthcare, recalled that while removing severe scar tissue from the uterus of a patient at St. Anthony Summit, she had to ask permission from the bishop to place an IUD in the woman's uterus in order to keep it open and prevent pain. The woman had in the past had a tubal ligation so she was already sterile, but the Catholic hospital still required her to get permission to place the birth-control method, called an intrauterine device. And in 2010, Tomlinson gave a presentation to the St. Anthony Summit board to persuade them not to prohibit treatment of ectopic pregnancies. In the post-Roe v. Wade era, doctors across the nation have reported confusion about whether treating an ectopic pregnancy — which is when a fertilized egg implants in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus — is considered an abortion. In another large hospital system - SCL Health - Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver and St. Mary's Medical Center in Grand Junction — operate under the ethical and religious directives, meaning they do not provide sterilizations. Two of SCL's secular hospitals — Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge and Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette — also operate under the same compliance with Catholic directives, said Gregg Moss, spokesman for SCL Health.Moss referred The Colorado Sun to an SCL Health webpage that explains the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services - they were first published by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1948.The hospital system's webpage does not specifically mention birth control, tubal ligations or abortions, but says that in today's society, Catholic hospitals are “pressured to provide medical procedures that are contrary to Catholic teaching.” “And by refusing to provide or permit such medical procedures, Catholic health care affirms what defines it: a commitment to the sacredness and dignity of human life from conception until death,” it says.Mannat Singh, executive director of the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, excoriated the choices being made by Catholic hospitals. “It is a basic human right to seek, or refuse, reproductive health care, and we will continue to work to ensure there are no barriers to seeking that care,” she said.COLORADO SUN: Well, it ain't a gateway drug.John Ingold3:55 AM MST on Jan 31, 2023Last year, a study came out showing that marijuana legalization in Colorado likely increased cannabis use among adults in the state.Because of the novel methods the researchers used to examine the question, the study was perhaps the best answer to date on one of legalization's biggest impacts. But it also left an even bigger question unanswered: If adults are consuming more cannabis and more frequently, is that bad?Now, in a follow-up study by the same team, the researchers have come to an answer: it doesn't seem to be. Stephanie Zellers, one of the researchers, said “At least from the psychological point of view, we really didn't find that legalized cannabis has had a lot of negative influence, which I think is important.”Zellers recently graduated with a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Minnesota, but she began her doctoral work at the University of Colorado before transferring when her thesis adviser changed jobs. She had originally been interested in neuroscience research, but the necessity of using live lab animals for the work was off-putting.And, in the Colorado-to-Minnesota connection, she found a trove of data that could be used in never-before-tried ways.The data are from longitudinal studies of twins in Colorado or Minnesota. Researchers in both states followed the twins over long periods of time, collecting information about their behaviors, including their cannabis use.  The survey information, then, creates an ideal scenario for study: It is thorough, it has built-in controls for variables like socioeconomic status, and it helps account for genetic differences.“That twin component really allows us to rule out what could be noisy variables — cultural differences, family differences, things like that,” Zellers said.On top of that, because Colorado has legalized marijuana and Minnesota hasn't (at least so far) — and because some twins born in Minnesota moved to Colorado and vice versa — the data provide an ideal opportunity to study the way legalization in Colorado a decade ago has influenced people's behavior ever since.The original study, published last fall, simply asked whether twins living in legal-marijuana states use marijuana more than twins living in prohibition states. And the answer is yes — about 20% more, according to the research.That answer was interesting, but “Really what people care about is: Is legalization harmful,” she said.To answer that question, the team came up with 23 measures of what they call “psychological dysfunction.” This includes things like substance-use disorders, but also financial woes, mental health distress, community disengagement, and relationship issues. The team looked at data on more than 4,000 people — 40% of whom live in a legal-marijuana state.Zellers said what the researchers found was unexpected: They basically found nothing.“Obviously the cannabis use increases, but we didn't see an increase in cannabis-use disorder, which is a little surprising,” she said. “We didn't really see changes in how much people were drinking or using tobacco. No large personality, or workplace, or IQ differences, or anything like that.”People in legal states did not report using illegal drugs at higher rates. Researchers also didn't find a link between marijuana legalization and psychotic behavior.They did find one difference, though. People living in a state where recreational marijuana use is prohibited reported higher rates of alcohol-use disorder and more specifically one symptom of the condition: They were more likely to report using alcohol in situations that were dangerous or harmful, such as driving drunk.To Zellers and other researchers, the study provides valuable information for the ongoing debate over whether cannabis legalization is a good idea. But it's not the final word.CU psychology and neuroscience professor John Hewitt, one of the study's co-authors, said in a statement that “Our study suggests we should not be overly concerned about everyday adult use in a legalized environment, but no drug is risk-free. It would be a mistake to dismiss the risks from higher doses of a drug that is relatively safe in small amounts.”This highlights one of the study's big limitations. Zellers said most of the people included in the twins data are relatively light cannabis users. The sample size for heavy users is small.“Our sample is an adult community sample broadly characterized by low levels of substance use and psychosocial dysfunction,” the researchers write. This limits our ability to generalize relationships between legalization, outcomes and risk factors for the individuals at greatest risk.”Zellers said she and her colleagues are hoping to publish another study based on their data — but this one will be less concerned about the impacts of marijuana legalization as a policy. Instead, it will try to look at how much cannabis people have used over their lifetimes and then score that against the same measures of psychological dysfunction “to see if, not the policy, but the actual substance itself has an effect” And if YOU want to see about substances and their effects, don't miss the unsolicited concert of the weekCONCERT PICK OF THE WEEK: RJD2 with just 2 upcoming dates - Friday Feb 3 at the Music Box in San Diego, and Saturday Feb 4th at the Gothic Theatre in Denver. There should also be lots of fun stuff in lots of fun places this weekend for Bob Marley's birthday, February 6.Welp, that's it for me! From Denver I'm Sean Diller. Original reporting for the stories in today's show comes from the Colorado Newsline, Colorado Sun, Chalkbeat Colorado, and Denver's Westword.Thank you for listening! See you next time.

Anti-Abortion Groups vs. the FDA | Colorado legislators seek big boost in Special Education funding | Catholic hospitals no longer performing tubal ligations after Dobbs decision | Cannabis legalization seems to be okay | RJD2 is the Concert Pick of the WeekWelcome to High Country - politics in the American West. My name is Sean Diller; regular listeners might know me from Heartland Pod's Talking Politics, every Monday.Support this show and all the work in the Heartland POD universe by going to heartlandpod.com and clicking the link for Patreon, or go to Patreon.com/HeartlandPod to sign up. Membership starts at $1/month, with even more extra shows and special access at the higher levels. No matter the level you choose, your membership helps us create these independent shows as we work together to change the conversation.Alright! Let's get into it: DENVER (AP) COLORADO NEWSLINE: Anti-Abortion Groups vs. the FDABY: LINDSEY TOOMER - JANUARY 31, 2023 3:45 AMReproductive rights advocates in Colorado were feeling optimistic following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to expand access to the abortion pill mifepristone in early January — but a federal lawsuit filed just 10 days later has made the future of medication abortions uncertain. On Jan. 3 the FDA issued a decision that allows the abortion drug mifepristone to be picked up at a pharmacy if the patient has a prescription, eliminating a previous requirement that the drug be given directly from a health care provider. Dr. Kristina Tocce, medical director at Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, said the FDA's decision is a “really big breakthrough” that should increase access across the country. América Ramirez, program director for the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights, said it's exciting to see expanded access and agreed it could be beneficial for people across the state, especially the Latina community. U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat who co-chairs the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, said during a recent press conference with news reporters that the caucus is working with the Biden administration to ensure the U.S. Postal Service will be able to deliver abortion medications when prescribed by an out-of-state doctor. Karen Middleton, president of Cobalt, a Colorado-based reproductive rights advocacy organization, said the FDA's decision will be particularly beneficial for Coloradans outside of the Denver metro area, so long as their pharmacies are willing to participate. But, she said while this is a positive step forward, there are still too many “bureaucratic and cost barriers” for those seeking abortion care.“We've known for years that medication abortion care is overwhelmingly safe and effective,” Middleton said in an email. “We hope that Colorado pharmacies, especially in rural areas, will make it available to patients as soon as possible and without bureaucratic delay.”But anti-abortion groups have sued to stop pharmacies from filling prescriptions for mifepristone, and the case will likely go all the way to the Supreme Court. The lawsuit argues the FDA “exceeded its regulatory authority” in approving the use of mifepristone and misoprostol to end a pregnancy, and seeks a preliminary and a permanent injunction that would remove the FDA's approval. That would imply that Congress should decide, which is of course, dumb.Attorneys for the U.S. Justice Department said there are no examples in history where a court has second-guessed a determination from the FDA that a drug is safe and effective. Karen Middleton said the lawsuit was the anti-abortion groups' only choice, as they “know that they'll lose at the ballot box” since purple and red state voters repeatedly voted to protect abortion rights in 2022. “That's why these radicals are bringing legal challenges in Federal District Courts with conservative judges — to weaponize the legal system to end legal abortion access,” Middleton said. Fawn Bolak, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, called the lawsuit a “politically-motivated attack” that has “no basis in science,” as the drug has been used safely and legally since it was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ago. This lawsuit is designed to push abortion care further out of reach for the most vulnerable.“Exploiting the legal system in an attempt to prevent people from accessing safe, essential health care is unconscionably cruel. Rest assured PPRM will continue to provide safe and legal abortion care to our patients — no matter the outcome in this case.”CHALKBEAT COLORADO: Education Committee backs big boost in Special Ed SpendingColorado would fund special education at the levels lawmakers promised back in 2006, under legislation recommended unanimously Friday by a special committee on school finance.The special education bill would reimburse districts $6,000 for each student with what's known as a Tier B disability, and who requires more intensive support for students to be successful in school. These include dyslexia, autism spectrum disorders, developmental delays, deafness, blindness, emotional disabilities, and traumatic brain injuries, among others. The bill also calls for Tier B funding to increase every year by the rate of inflation.Both the federal and state governments require school districts to provide a “free and appropriate” education to all students, including those with disabilities, but they pay just a fraction of the cost. That won't change with this bill.School districts would still bear about two-thirds of the additional cost of providing special education services, but a few years ago, the state was paying less than half of what it had promised. The new bill would add $40.2 million in special education funding to next year's budget, bringing the total to at least $340 million, a 13% increase. The amount could be more, depending on how lawmakers handle requirements to respond to inflation. The bill could also get scaled back, in future budget committee negotiations.The special education bill, sponsored by state Sens. Rachel Zenzinger (D-Arvada) and Barbara Kirkmeyer, a Brighton Republican, along with state Reps. Kipp and Lisa Frizell, a Castle Rock Republican, will be the only bill to come out of the Interim Committee on School Finance this session.Sen Zenzinger, who also chairs the Joint Budget Committee and serves on the interim committee on school finance, sounded a note of caution even as she signed on as a prime sponsor of the funding increase bill. “We'll put it out there as what we'd like to see, and we'll see what's available to us in the budget,” she said.Bureau Chief Erica Meltzer covers education policy and politics and oversees Chalkbeat Colorado's education coverage. Contact Erica at emeltzer@chalkbeat.org.COLORADO SUN: Catholic hospitals crack down on contraceptionJennifer Brown4:00 AM MST on Jan 31, 2023Colorado has one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the country, but health care advocates say women in rural and mountain towns often lack reproductive health care accessWhen the only hospital in Durango with a maternity ward decided that it would no longer let women get their tubes tied, there was no public announcement. Mercy Hospital's website doesn't spell it out, either. Instead, a read-between-the-lines statement added to the Centura Health hospital's website in September noted that Mercy is “responsible for conducting itself in a manner consistent with the ethical principles of the Catholic church ministry.” The hospital had recently completed a “re-education” of hospital staff and board members regarding the church's ethical and religious directives, it said, adding that “patients are fully informed of all treatment options.” Doctors who deliver babies at Mercy said they were told that beginning April 15, they can no longer provide post-cesarean-section tubal ligations - a sterilization procedure in which the fallopian tubes are cut. Women who have decided not to have more children often have their tubes tied immediately after a C-section, when they are already under spinal anesthesia, sparing them from the risk, cost, and hassle of scheduling a separate second procedure.The hospital already prohibited tubal ligations after vaginal births, but had been allowing them after C-sections because of the undue burden it placed on patients.  It's been up to obstetricians to tell their pregnant patients that they will have to go elsewhere for permanent birth control. Dr. Kimberly Priebe, who delivers 90-100 babies a year and has been an obstetrician-gynecologist in Durango for 20 years said “Patients are furious. This decision undermines our patients' trust in Centura.” Mercy's prohibition of sterilization comes as health care advocates across the country are concerned about diminishing reproductive rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.Even in Colorado, a state with statutory protection for abortion and one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the country, women are losing access to reproductive health care, particularly in rural and mountain areas where there is only one hospital in town.Mergers that have joined Catholic health systems with secular or protestant systems have created a confusing health landscape for patients seeking abortions or birth control.Centura Health, formed in 1996 by the merger of Catholic Health Initiatives and Adventist Health System, has 16 hospitals in Colorado and three in Kansas. The Catholic hospitals, including Mercy, follow the Catholic directives, while the Adventist hospitals do not. In Denver, doctors affiliated with Centura Health can steer patients who want their tubes tied to nearby hospitals. But in Durango - and other towns with just one hospital - that's not an option. Sophia Mayott-Guerrero, senior organizing strategist with ACLU of Colorado said “We really are seeing a trend with hospitals, insurance companies, pharmacies, other health care entities, discriminating against people by denying basic care … all in the name of religion. The main target is reproductive access, including birth control, emergency contraception, sterilization and abortions.“We can't really consider access to reproductive health care in Colorado universally protected until everybody in every corner of our state has access. There's often this perception that everybody in Colorado has access to abortion and to reproductive health care and that is just fundamentally untrue, especially in the rural parts of the state where you just don't have additional options.”It's unclear why Mercy Hospital had been allowing tubal ligations after C-sections and what led to the change. CommonSpirit Health, the Catholic owner of Mercy and other Catholic hospitals, said they had no updates to provide. The Diocese of Pueblo, which includes all of southern Colorado, referred questions to Centura Health. Centura Health officials would not give an interview about the change at Mercy, or explain why it's happening now, considering that Mercy has been Catholic since it was founded. The only exception is for women predisposed to cancerAfter the latest “reeducation” of the Catholic directives, Mercy said it would allow tubal ligations post C-section for only one reason — if the woman has a genetic predisposition to ovarian or breast cancer. — Dr. Kimberly Priebe, Four Corners Obstetrics and Gynecology said “This is a very small number of women, and what an arbitrary exception.”“What about women with hypertension, diabetes, blood clotting disorders, uterine abnormalities, and the many other risk factors that can make pregnancy deadly? It seems the Catholic church does not want a woman dying of cancer but during pregnancy is OK?”With the new Mercy policy prohibiting tubal ligations after C-section, doctors will send those patients to the local surgical hospital, though they are concerned about overwhelming the center. And, doctors say, forcing women to schedule the procedure separate from their hospital delivery puts them at unnecessary risk, disrupts their lives with more time away from work, and costs the health system more money. The Medicaid billing rate for a doctor performing a tubal ligation post C-section is a $90 add-on and takes about 10 minutes, doctors said, not including anesthesia and facility fees.Patients who go to Animas Surgical Hospital for a standalone tubal ligation would likely have to pay thousands of dollars for the procedure. The hospital's cash-pay price for the procedure for people without insurance is $9,900.“Patients do not understand how a health care option can be refused when our hospital gets public money and purports to put patient care first,” Dr Priebe said. Pregnant patients in Summit County also face tough choices. Like in Durango, the only hospital is Catholic.St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco, part of Centura Health, does not provide tubal ligations. Dr. Amy Tomlinson, an OB-GYN in Summit County, has had to explain to hundreds of patients that they cannot get their tubes tied at the hospital where they plan to give birth. “Usually, honestly, it was a huff and a sigh and an eye roll,” she said. “Sometimes it was a jaw drop and a shake of the head. But I think women are so used to being second-class citizens in this society that I don't think it was ever terribly surprising to people.”  Summit County women have the choice of delivering at St. Anthony and then getting their tubes tied later at another hospital, or driving more than an hour to Denver to deliver their baby so they can have the procedure at the same time. And for women who already have a C-section scar on their uterus, it's especially dangerous to ask them to drive that far in labor, Tomlinson said. “The Catholic position is, ‘If you don't like it, you can go somewhere else,'” she said. “Well, it's not like you can go across town when your hospital is the only one in a tri-county radius. We essentially become an island during snowstorms up here. Even if a patient wants to go elsewhere, she may not be able to get there. And then you are asking women to drive an hour or more while they are laboring. Why would we put women at risk for rupturing their uterus or for giving birth on the side of the road?”Tomlinson, who is opening her own practice but in the past worked at High Country Healthcare, recalled that while removing severe scar tissue from the uterus of a patient at St. Anthony Summit, she had to ask permission from the bishop to place an IUD in the woman's uterus in order to keep it open and prevent pain. The woman had in the past had a tubal ligation so she was already sterile, but the Catholic hospital still required her to get permission to place the birth-control method, called an intrauterine device. And in 2010, Tomlinson gave a presentation to the St. Anthony Summit board to persuade them not to prohibit treatment of ectopic pregnancies. In the post-Roe v. Wade era, doctors across the nation have reported confusion about whether treating an ectopic pregnancy — which is when a fertilized egg implants in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus — is considered an abortion. In another large hospital system - SCL Health - Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver and St. Mary's Medical Center in Grand Junction — operate under the ethical and religious directives, meaning they do not provide sterilizations. Two of SCL's secular hospitals — Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge and Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette — also operate under the same compliance with Catholic directives, said Gregg Moss, spokesman for SCL Health.Moss referred The Colorado Sun to an SCL Health webpage that explains the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services - they were first published by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1948.The hospital system's webpage does not specifically mention birth control, tubal ligations or abortions, but says that in today's society, Catholic hospitals are “pressured to provide medical procedures that are contrary to Catholic teaching.” “And by refusing to provide or permit such medical procedures, Catholic health care affirms what defines it: a commitment to the sacredness and dignity of human life from conception until death,” it says.Mannat Singh, executive director of the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, excoriated the choices being made by Catholic hospitals. “It is a basic human right to seek, or refuse, reproductive health care, and we will continue to work to ensure there are no barriers to seeking that care,” she said.COLORADO SUN: Well, it ain't a gateway drug.John Ingold3:55 AM MST on Jan 31, 2023Last year, a study came out showing that marijuana legalization in Colorado likely increased cannabis use among adults in the state.Because of the novel methods the researchers used to examine the question, the study was perhaps the best answer to date on one of legalization's biggest impacts. But it also left an even bigger question unanswered: If adults are consuming more cannabis and more frequently, is that bad?Now, in a follow-up study by the same team, the researchers have come to an answer: it doesn't seem to be. Stephanie Zellers, one of the researchers, said “At least from the psychological point of view, we really didn't find that legalized cannabis has had a lot of negative influence, which I think is important.”Zellers recently graduated with a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Minnesota, but she began her doctoral work at the University of Colorado before transferring when her thesis adviser changed jobs. She had originally been interested in neuroscience research, but the necessity of using live lab animals for the work was off-putting.And, in the Colorado-to-Minnesota connection, she found a trove of data that could be used in never-before-tried ways.The data are from longitudinal studies of twins in Colorado or Minnesota. Researchers in both states followed the twins over long periods of time, collecting information about their behaviors, including their cannabis use.  The survey information, then, creates an ideal scenario for study: It is thorough, it has built-in controls for variables like socioeconomic status, and it helps account for genetic differences.“That twin component really allows us to rule out what could be noisy variables — cultural differences, family differences, things like that,” Zellers said.On top of that, because Colorado has legalized marijuana and Minnesota hasn't (at least so far) — and because some twins born in Minnesota moved to Colorado and vice versa — the data provide an ideal opportunity to study the way legalization in Colorado a decade ago has influenced people's behavior ever since.The original study, published last fall, simply asked whether twins living in legal-marijuana states use marijuana more than twins living in prohibition states. And the answer is yes — about 20% more, according to the research.That answer was interesting, but “Really what people care about is: Is legalization harmful,” she said.To answer that question, the team came up with 23 measures of what they call “psychological dysfunction.” This includes things like substance-use disorders, but also financial woes, mental health distress, community disengagement, and relationship issues. The team looked at data on more than 4,000 people — 40% of whom live in a legal-marijuana state.Zellers said what the researchers found was unexpected: They basically found nothing.“Obviously the cannabis use increases, but we didn't see an increase in cannabis-use disorder, which is a little surprising,” she said. “We didn't really see changes in how much people were drinking or using tobacco. No large personality, or workplace, or IQ differences, or anything like that.”People in legal states did not report using illegal drugs at higher rates. Researchers also didn't find a link between marijuana legalization and psychotic behavior.They did find one difference, though. People living in a state where recreational marijuana use is prohibited reported higher rates of alcohol-use disorder and more specifically one symptom of the condition: They were more likely to report using alcohol in situations that were dangerous or harmful, such as driving drunk.To Zellers and other researchers, the study provides valuable information for the ongoing debate over whether cannabis legalization is a good idea. But it's not the final word.CU psychology and neuroscience professor John Hewitt, one of the study's co-authors, said in a statement that “Our study suggests we should not be overly concerned about everyday adult use in a legalized environment, but no drug is risk-free. It would be a mistake to dismiss the risks from higher doses of a drug that is relatively safe in small amounts.”This highlights one of the study's big limitations. Zellers said most of the people included in the twins data are relatively light cannabis users. The sample size for heavy users is small.“Our sample is an adult community sample broadly characterized by low levels of substance use and psychosocial dysfunction,” the researchers write. This limits our ability to generalize relationships between legalization, outcomes and risk factors for the individuals at greatest risk.”Zellers said she and her colleagues are hoping to publish another study based on their data — but this one will be less concerned about the impacts of marijuana legalization as a policy. Instead, it will try to look at how much cannabis people have used over their lifetimes and then score that against the same measures of psychological dysfunction “to see if, not the policy, but the actual substance itself has an effect” And if YOU want to see about substances and their effects, don't miss the unsolicited concert of the weekCONCERT PICK OF THE WEEK: RJD2 with just 2 upcoming dates - Friday Feb 3 at the Music Box in San Diego, and Saturday Feb 4th at the Gothic Theatre in Denver. There should also be lots of fun stuff in lots of fun places this weekend for Bob Marley's birthday, February 6.Welp, that's it for me! From Denver I'm Sean Diller. Original reporting for the stories in today's show comes from the Colorado Newsline, Colorado Sun, Chalkbeat Colorado, and Denver's Westword.Thank you for listening! See you next time.

Phil Englert is the Director of Medical Device Security at Health ISAC. Phil is an experienced professional well versed in building and sustaining Medical Device Cybersecurity programs in healthcare. He has held key positions at MedSec, Deloitte, and Catholic Health Initiatives. We sat down with him to discuss the challenges, trends, and outlooks in today's medical device cybersecurity world.

This week is a blast as we explore some very creative business strategies with Tony Gnau. Content marketing is a tool that Tony relies on heavily to add value to his customers while also building his credibility and drawing in new clients. We look into taking the time to audition your clients to find ones that align with your core values and then working those clients into a retainer system that creates consistent income and a mutually beneficial relationship between you and your client! Key Takeaways Use quality content marketing to set yourself up as an expert in your field and draw in quality clients. Be proactive to think about both the short term AND the long term strategy or your life and business. Use the retainer business model to create consistent income with clients you want to work with. Make sure you are clear on your core values and audition clients to find ones who mesh with those values.  About Tony Gnau Tony Gnau is the Founder and Chief Storytelling Officer at T60 Productions. He's a three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, has led T60 Productions to winning 17 Telly Awards for its corporate videos, and is the author of the book Lights, Camera, Impact: storytelling, branding, and production tips for engaging corporate videos. He has created videos for the likes of CommonSpirit Health, Walgreen's, Catholic Health Initiatives, United Airlines, US Bank, Goose Island Beer Company, as well as NBA legend Dwyane Wade. Tony has written over 700 blog posts on video marketing and also speaks on the subject to communications professionals at conferences such as Content Marketing World. Finally, Tony is a former USC Trojan football player, Star Wars geek, and a devoted husband and father. In This Episode [0:00] Welcome to the show [5:14] Meet Tony [7:32] Finding fulfillment in visual storytelling [9:34] The immense value of Content Marketing [19:27] Video production client retainer model [25:06] Auditioning for clients that align with your core values [31:26] Details of Tony's retainer system [35:17] How to bring out your client's story [39:59] Best practices for interviewing [44:23] Tony's book [49:48] Outro Quotes "Do both. Don't just think short term, play the long game. In all of the things that you are doing. In investing with your money, investing in relationships, investing in your business.” [17:07] “When you have this retainer thing setup and someone signs up for it, it's like holy cow, we just get a check every single month!” [21:44] “We want to tell stories and we want to do the job that we enjoy doing but at the end of the day we are doing it for money so let's set ourselves up for as much success in that area that we can.” [24:43] “Instead of just out of desperation taking on any client, it's like hey let's just dig in a little bit here and let's make sure that we both are going to benefit from this relationship. If we do, then we're both winning.” [26:24] Links FREE Workshop Available "How to Consistently Earn Over $100k Per Year in Video Production While Working Less Than 40 Hours Per Week" Get the ASCEND Method Cheat Sheet Join the Grow Your Video Business Facebook Group  Find Tony Gnau online  Follow Tony Gnau on Facebook | Twitter Connect with Tony Gnau on LinkedIn Follow Ryan Koral on Instagram Follow Grow Your Video Business on Instagram What's your question for the podcast? Share a video or audio response! Check out the full show notes page If you haven't already, we'd love it if you would take 1 minute to leave us a review on iTunes!

On this episode of the IoT: The Internet of Threats podcast, Health-ISAC's Errol Weiss (Chief Security Officer) and Phil Englert (Director of Medical Device Security) join podcast host Eric Greenwald to discuss the rising stakes of medical device cybersecurity, the growing role of government in regulating cybersecurity controls in healthcare, and how Health-ISAC fits into the picture.    Interview with Errol Weiss and Phil Englert:    Prior to his role as Chief Security Officer of Health-ISAC, Errol served in several SVP-level positions at Bank of America, focusing on cybercrime, fraud prevention, business process cyber assessments, and threat analytics and information sharing. Earlier in his career, he held key positions at Citigroup and SAIC. Errol also served on the Board of the Financial Services ISAC during the 2010s.    Before joining Health-ISAC as Director of Medical Device Security, Phil served as Chief Product Officer at MedSec and was responsible for product management, new business development, and process improvement. Prior to MedSec, Phil served in a variety of roles at Deloitte, Novasano, MDISS (Medical Device Innovation Security and Safety), and Catholic Health Initiatives.    Health-ISAC (also referred to as H-ISAC) is a global, non-profit organization that offers healthcare security stakeholders actionable data in a trusted community.    In this interview, Eric, Errol, and Phil discuss: What is an ISAC and what does the H-ISAC do?  The government's increased appetite for cybersecurity regulation (with a focus on medical device security)  How to protect against attacks with tens of thousands of different medical devices made by a wide array of different manufacturers and that do different things The importance of having visibility into the components that make up those thousands of medical devices Whether the SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) is ready to be a key control in the healthcare cybersecurity ecosystem    Find Errol and Phil on LinkedIn   Errol Weiss: https://linkedin.com/in/errolweiss/   Phil Englert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-englert-2642724   Learn more about Health-ISAC by visiting https://h-isac.org/.   Thank you for listening to this episode of the IoT: The Internet of Threats podcast, powered by Finite State — the leading supply chain cyber-security solution provider for connected devices and embedded systems.   If you enjoyed this episode, click subscribe to stay connected and leave a review to get the word out about the podcast.   To learn more about building a robust product security program, protecting your connected devices, and complying with emerging regulations and technical standards, visit https://finitestate.io/.

“When someone does get that first leadership position as a physician, a lot of times they're like ‘I don't know what to do!'” -Dr. Rik Nemanick, Principal Consultant and Founder of Nemanick Leadership Consulting and Author   All physicians are leaders. And effective leadership is key to being a successful physician. On DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast, Cohost and Lead Coach Jill Farmer meets with Dr. Rik Nemanick to discuss how physicians can continue to develop their leadership potential. As the founder of Nemanick Leadership Consulting, Dr. Nemanick is able to offer physicians highly valuable advice on how to create a team-oriented mentality and work ethic. How can you be a leader as a part of a team? How can you make those around you successful? What culture do you want to create? In today's podcast, Dr. Nemanick acknowledges the common barriers that hinder physicians from becoming leaders and proposes to resolve them by calling attention to the importance of practicing 360-degree feedback. Together, Jill and Dr. Nemanick put forth their expert advice on how to best practice introspective techniques to kickstart your leadership habits. Listen today as a step towards becoming a successful physician.    Books by Dr. Rik Nemanick: The Mentor's Way: Eight Rules for Bringing Out the Best in Others- https://www.amazon.com/Mentors-Way-Rik-Nemanick-dp-113818991X/dp/113818991X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=   Rik is principal consultant and founder of Nemanick Leadership Consulting. He helps clients maximize their leadership talent through executive coaching, leadership education, and mentoring programs. He has worked with healthcare organizations like Massachusetts General Hospital, BJC HealthCare, Catholic Health Initiatives, and Esse Health. Rik is the author of the book The Mentor's Way, which describes his approach to mentoring. He is an adjunct faculty of executive education at Washington University. He is a Board Certified Coach and earned his doctorate in organizational psychology from Saint Louis University. He can be found at Nemanick.com       Find full transcripts of DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast episodes on the DocWorking Blog  The past few weeks have been busy at DocWorking! We have been working behind the scenes to add even more CME credits to the THRIVE memberships.    Let your CME budget help you prioritize your own wellness so you can get on with living your best life on your own terms, as defined by you, with DocWorking THRIVE.   You can take the first step today by taking our 2 Minute Balance to Burnout Quiz! Where are you on the Balance to Burnout Continuum? Take the quiz and find out today!   DocWorking empowers physicians and entire health care teams to get on the path to achieving their dreams, both in and outside of work, with programs designed to help you maximize life with minimal time.   Are you a physician who would like to tell your story? Please email Amanda Taran, our producer, at podcast@docworking.com to be considered.   And if you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5 star review, we would be extremely grateful!   We're everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean   You can also find us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.    Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in payments to DocWorking. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!   Occasionally, we discuss financial and legal topics. We are not financial or legal professionals. Please consult a licensed professional for financial or legal advice regarding your specific situation.   Podcast produced by: Mara Heppard  

In this second episode of a 2 part series, Lloyd Dean, CEO of CommonSpirit Health sits down with Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice in the historic Danforth Chapel to talk about some of the greatest lessons learned along his leadership journey and the incredible opportunities created for Health & Racial Equity with the More Common Alliance between Morehouse School of Medicine and CommonSpirit Health. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE Visit https://www.msm.edu/about_us/office-president-ceo About More in Common Alliance The More in Common Alliance is a partnership between Morehouse School of Medicine and CommonSpirit Health. Morehouse School of Medicine is a historically Black medical school and one of America's leading educators of primary care physicians, and CommonSpirit Health is one of America's largest health systems with locations in 21 states from coast to coast. Knowing patients consistently fare better when treated by clinicians of similar backgrounds who share lived experiences, the More in Common Alliance seeks to address critical gaps in care by increasing cultural competency and expanding representation. Together, we are leading a 10-year, $100-million initiative to expand undergraduate and graduate medical education to build a more diverse and dynamic workforce that reflects the communities we serve. About CommonSpirit Health CommonSpirit Health is a nonprofit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. It was created in February 2019 by Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. With its national office in Chicago and a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, CommonSpirit operates 140 hospitals and more than 1,500 care sites across 21 states. In FY 2021, CommonSpirit had revenues of $33.3 billion and provided $5.1 billion in charity care, community benefit, and unreimbursed government programs. Learn more at www.commonspirit.org. CREDITS Theme Music

Lloyd Dean, CEO of CommonSpirit Health sits down with Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice in the historic Danforth Chapel to talk about some of the greatest lessons learned along his leadership journey and the incredible opportunities created for Health & Racial Equity with the More Common Alliance between Morehouse School of Medicine and CommonSpirit Health. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE Visit https://www.msm.edu/about_us/office-president-ceo About More in Common Alliance The More in Common Alliance is a partnership between Morehouse School of Medicine and CommonSpirit Health. Morehouse School of Medicine is a historically Black medical school and one of America's leading educators of primary care physicians, and CommonSpirit Health is one of America's largest health systems with locations in 21 states from coast to coast. Knowing patients consistently fare better when treated by clinicians of similar backgrounds who share lived experiences, the More in Common Alliance seeks to address critical gaps in care by increasing cultural competency and expanding representation. Together, we are leading a 10-year, $100-million initiative to expand undergraduate and graduate medical education to build a more diverse and dynamic workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Learn more at MoreInCommonAlliance.org About CommonSpirit Health CommonSpirit Health is a nonprofit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. It was created in February 2019 by Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. With its national office in Chicago and a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, CommonSpirit operates 140 hospitals and more than 1,500 care sites across 21 states. In FY 2021, CommonSpirit had revenues of $33.3 billion and provided $5.1 billion in charity care, community benefit, and unreimbursed government programs. Learn more at CommonSpirit.org. CREDITS Theme Music

Join Grant McGaugh on the release of Follow the Brand's 3rd episode in Season 1. In this chapter, Grant sits down with Deborah Lee Eddie an accomplished and gracious professional who shares wisdom on personal branding, executive coaching, and much more.BIODeborah Lee-Eddie, FACHE, has more than a quarter-century of progressively responsible leadership roles at the facility, market and system level in faith-based, nonprofit, public, and academic medical centers. Her background includes experience in both health plans and acute-care delivery. Lee-Eddie served for eight years at Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives as one of five senior vice presidents of operations, reporting to the system chief operating officer. Now focused on interim management and consulting, Lee-Eddie has served in key leadership roles at several large health systems, including interim executive positions with Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., and Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Philadelphia. Other professional positions included chief administrative officer of the Children's Hospital at Jackson Memorial Health System in Miami; CEO of Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas; and vice president of Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tenn.  A former president of the National Association of Health Services Executives and a past member of the University of Michigan School of Public Health Dean's Advisory Board, Lee-Eddie also served as a member of the Board of Overseers and as a national judge for the Malcom Baldridge National Quality Award. She is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and Co-Founder of the NAHSE South Florida ChapterFollow The Brand is produced by 5 STAR BDM.  Contact us for a quote on Podcast Productions.Tags: branding,brand-development,self-branding,podcasting,podcast,confidence,podcaster

This episode features Doug Lawson, Senior Vice President of Divisional Operations at Catholic Health Initiatives & CEO of CHI St. Luke's Health. Here, he discusses his top priorities in the coming months, the COVID-19 situation in his area, and more.

This episode features Doug Lawson, Senior Vice President of Divisional Operations at Catholic Health Initiatives & CEO of CHI St. Luke's Health. Here, he discusses his top priorities in the coming months, the COVID-19 situation in his area, and more.

CommonSpirit Health created one of the largest health systems in the nation by merging Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives in early 2019. It now operates 137 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites across 21 states, with revenues of nearly $29 billion.Extending its reach into more communities across the country has enabled CommonSpirit to leverage scale as a means to advance its core mission of expanding healthcare access to all, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen.If a person’s personal journey and early years are what guide them to their calling in life, as CommonSpirit CEO Lloyd Dean believes, it’s no wonder why he and SVP and Chief Strategic and Innovation Officer, Rich Roth, are key parts of a leadership team charged with seeing this mission through.In this episode of Healthcare is Hard, Lloyd tells his inspiring story of growing up the son of a factory worker who experienced racial inequalities firsthand and saw the impact they have on basic healthcare and life expectancy. He shares his personal journey from being the first in his community to attend a university, to becoming the CEO of one of the nation’s largest health systems and how these experiences drive purpose in this role. Rich Roth recounts his first exposure to the healthcare industry cleaning doctors’ offices where his mother worked as a receptionist, his later roles cooking and cleaning at nursing homes, and ultimately his first job out of college stuffing envelopes and answering patient questions in the billing department of a hospital.With the foundational influence of these experiences, Lloyd and Rich talk to Keith Figlioli about their role in fulfilling CommonSpirit’s healing mission and how it has changed in the wake of COVID-19. They cover a number of topics, including:COVID-19 as the great equalizer. Rich explains how certain elements of a health system like home care, pharmacy or community benefit have historically played a secondary role – part of a strategy, but not leading it – and are now starting to be central components of a system’s identity. COVID-19 has revealed the true vulnerabilities in our healthcare system and these are the things CommonSpirit is thinking deeply about to create the next chapter of healthcare delivery. As Lloyd points out, if we don’t see the inequalities now and address them in a demonstrable way, history will chronicle that as one of the greatest missed opportunities the nation has ever seen.Personalizing care for individuals. The U.S. health system has done a poor job personalizing primary care to meet individual needs, according to Rich. For example, behavioral health might be the primary need for some people while food or housing is the biggest concern for others. And different groups of people – women, seniors, Latinx, and many more – need more services specific to them too. The next evolution of care must move away from the “one stop shop” and will require services that understand and better serve each person individually.Being part of a community, not just “in” a community. Lloyd shares his prediction that care delivery from health systems, hospitals, clinics and other providers that currently occurs IN the community, will transform to be a bigger part OF the community. And providing a robust health infrastructure with broad access to care will not simply be understood as a moral imperative, but as an economic imperative as well.To hear Lloyd, Rich and Keith talk about these topics and more, listen to this episode of Healthcare is Hard: A Podcast for Insiders.

Scott Becker is founder and publisher of Becker's Healthcare and a nationally recognized healthcare lawyer at McGuireWoods. In this episode, he shares how (and why) he built one of the fastest growing media platforms in the healthcare industry from the ground up.  In this episode we dive into: How to build and grow a thought leadership platform for your business How to build and grow a media brand The three great qualities of successful people (and how to spot them in an interview) What a “crazy amount of responsiveness” looks like in a professional services firm Scott’s take on healthcare’s most exciting trend (and biggest game-changer), plus why he thinks the $30 billion merger of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health (now CommonSpirit Health) is the most interesting healthcare merger to watch

Dr. George has been a Chief Nurse Executive for over 30 years.  While the Regional/CNE for Aurora Health Care, Dr. George led the first hospital system to Magnet designation and the first 5 magnet hospitals in Wisconsin.  Before her current role as managing partner of Nursing Consulting Partners, she was the SVP/CNO for Catholic Health Initiatives, a 68-hospital health system located in 19 states, where she facilitated the design of their first system wide shared governance model.  As the CNO at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, she led the team to magnet re-designation. A few take aways from our interview with Vicki George, PhD, RN, FAAN include: How receiving a resignation letter can impact the rest of a leadership career; What feedback and non-judgement can do for nursing burnout; And why empowering nurses to speak their voice makes for the most successful nurse leader! Join the inspiring & upbeat community of supportive nurses: Your Next Shift! Read along and take notes with your very own copy of Your Next Shift

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Anna Turman, Division CIO at Catholic Health Initiatives, Tom Stafford, VP & CIO at Halifax Health, David Chou, VP & Principal Analyst at Constellation Research. DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

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Dr. Heidi and Cy Wakeman, President and Founder of Reality-Based Leadership, talk restoring sanity to the workplace. Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership. Backed by 20 years of experience, Wakeman’s philosophy offers a new lens through which employees and executives alike, can shift their attention inward, sharpen their focus on personal accountability, and uncover their natural state of innovation simply by ditching the drama. Deemed “the secret weapon to restoring sanity to the workplace,” Wakeman has helped companies such as Pfizer, Facebook, Caterpillar, New York Presbyterian, Catholic Health Initiatives, Eli Lilly, Keurig Green Mountain, and Nationwide learn to harness energy wasted in workplace drama and reinvest that effort into achieving profound business results. Cy Wakeman has been featured on the TODAY Show, the AskGaryVee Show with Gary Vaynerchuk, Business Insider, SHRM.com, Forbes.com, The Huffington Post, and many more. In 2018, she was voted both Top 100 Leadership Expert to follow on Twitter and #10 on the Global Guru’s list of Top 30 Leadership Professionals. Website: http://www.realitybasedleadership.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CyWakeman Twitter ID: @CyWakeman Instagram : @CyWakeman This episode is brought to you by my wellbeing tech of choice, Oska Pulse. It has helped relieve my chronic pain caused by Lyme disease so that I can get back to work, and life in general. Oska Pulse is a Pain Relief and Recovery Device using Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF). It creates an electromagnetic field that pulsates while it modulates the damaged cells to squeeze the toxins out and opens the cells to allow nutrients (potassium, sodium and magnesium) to flow into the cell. The Oska Pulse puts the damaged cells in the best situation to repair themselves and then replicates the electrical signals your body creates to fix the damaged cells.   Click here to get yours today with my Ambassador discount. Or enter 2BU as a discount code at OskaWellness.com ShortLink is http://bit.ly/EDS-Oska

Chris Lowney is chairman of the board for Catholic Health Initiatives one of the nation’s largest health care systems with over 100 hospitals and $16 billion in revenue.  He’s also a popular key-note speaker and author of 7 books including his newest that was just released called Make Today Matter: 10 Habits for a Better Life and World.   Chris is a former Jesuit seminarian and former Managing Director of JP Morgan.

In this episode: JD Sherry, Colorado security entrepreneur and CRO at Remediant is our feature guest this week. News from: CHI, SendGrid, Fast Enterprises, Madwire, National Cybersecurity Center, CableLabs, SecureSet, Webroot, LogRhythm, Red Canary, and a lot more! Full notes: https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/12/4/45-1211-jd-sherry-colorado-security-entrepreneur We're better than the Broncos Things might not be great for Denver's football game, but it's a great time to do security here. This week's news includes Catholic Health Initiatives merging with Dignity Health, three local companies named to Glassdoor's best employers list, news from National Cybersecurity Center, CableLabs, SecureSet, Webroot, LogRhythm, Red Canary, and a lot more! Please come join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends. Did you catch our trivia question? Be the first to reply to info@colorado-security.com with the right answer and get any $25 item from the Colorado = Security store. Feature interview: JD Sherry is our feature interview this week, and it's a good one. JD is located right here in the Denver area, and has had a number of executive positions in the security industry, from tech guy to CEO, and from massive companies (Intel) to start ups (Remediant). JD shares with us what he's learned and what he sees coming up next for the security community. Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com Local security news: Join the Colorado = Security Slack channel CHI to merge with Dignity Health Three Colorado companies on Glassdoor’s best places to work list New Cybersecurity Center in Colorado Aims to Bring Good Practices to the Masses ENISA's new recommendations for IoT security Founder Spotlight: Bret Fund and His Advice to Cybersecurity Students Webroot's 15th consecutive quarter of double digit business growth LogRhythm named Leader in 2017 Gartner MQ for SIEM Atomic Red Team Tests: Catching the Dragon by the Tail - Red Canary Job Openings: Charles Schwab - Managing Director - Threat Management & Intelligence Trustwave - Supervisor - Security Operations (SOC) MBL Technologies - Information System Security Officer Deloitte - Information Security, Risk and Governance Analyst Dell - InfoSec Analyst - Security Operations CoBiz Financial - Information Security Risk Analyst University of Colorado - Assistant Professor of Information Systems TD Ameritrade - Associate Counsel, Privacy Xactly - Senior Director of IT Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: CTA - CTA 101 - 12/13 ISSA / ISACA Joint Meeting @ Comedy Works - 12/14 CTA - Legislative Outlook - 12/14 Colorado = Security lunch meet-up! (check us out on Slack for details) CitySec - Meetup North - 12/21 Other Notable Upcoming Events: Optiv - 2017 Solution and Program Insight Focus Group: Application Security (AppSec) - 1/18 SnowFROC - 3/8 Rocky Mountain Information Security Confernce - 5/8-10 View our events page for a full list of upcoming events * Thanks to CJ Adams for our intro and exit! If you need any voiceover work, you can contact him here at carrrladams@gmail.com. Check out his other voice work here. * Intro and exit song: "The Language of Blame" by The Agrarians is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Date: February 7, 2013 Featuring: Trissa Torres, MD, MSPH, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Xavier Sevilla, MD, MBA, FAAP, Vice President of Clinical Quality for Physician Services, Catholic Health Initiatives Lindsay A. Martin, MSPH, Executive Director and Improvement Advisor, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Randy Van Straten, Vice President Business Health, Bellin Health; Executive Director Bellin Run US employers have had a lot to say about health care costs the past several years. Large and small companies alike have openly complained about the apparently inexorable rise in health care spending, skyrocketing insurance rates, and the degree to which both trends have threatened bottom lines, restrained wages, and eroded benefits for employees.Some of the most vocal businesses have been determined to remedy the situation by exercising their purchasing clout to get better deals from insurers and by shifting more costs and co-pays onto the workforce. The most enlightened have also ramped up their wellness programs. But these “solutions” are short-term at best, and efforts to encourage employees to get to the gym and adopt healthier lifestyles are proving insufficient. So, what to do instead?This WIHI discusses what promises to be the next wave of employer engagement in improving health and controlling health care costs in the US. This involves taking a deeper dive into the underlying, often chronic health conditions affecting today’s employees. And, in a growing number of cases, partnering and learning from health care delivery organizations working on the very same issues — heavy health care utilization and high costs — with their own staff.WIHI host Madge Kaplan welcomes IHI’s Trissa Torres and Lindsay Martin, who have the big picture of these exciting new developments. Also joining the discussion are leaders from Bellin Health Care Systems, Catholic Health Initiatives, and other places that are “walking the talk” with their own employees. Among other things, these providers are redesigning systems to deliver better care and better value to the community and all those paying the bills: employers, public and private insurers, and patients themselves.

For the past 20 years, Josh Erickson has been utilizing his experience, intuition, and insatiable drive for success to help transform businesses and teams into champions. After being proven successful in his own ventures, his innovative methods have expanded in reach, helping institutions like FedEx, Catholic Health Initiatives, and the University of Nebraska take their employee engagement and team collaboration to new heights. His ability to navigate the cyclical patterns of human behavior, coupled with his dynamic and personable presentation style have established him as a pioneer in his field, paving the way for emotional and professional empowerment in collaborative environments, large, small, and everywhere in between. Mentioned in this episode: teamconcepts.com UNFROZEN: Stop Holding Back and Release the Real You The Voice of Influence Facebook Community (group)

Leaders ask the hard questions, the ones others don’t; and they push to get constructive results.  And they do this will elevating others to be at their best, making not just a difference, but a continuous difference, by coalescing people around a vision.  This motivates others to do what they didn’t even know they could do.” This is some of what you will hear on this episode that talks to the intersection of PMs and leadership. Listen, learn, and get a free PDU! PM Point of View® (PM-POV) is a podcast series produced by Final Milestone Productions and PMIWDC. PM-POV allows our membership and the public at large to listen to brief and informative conversations with beltway area practioners and executives as they discuss various perspectives on project management -- its uses, its shortcomings, its changes, and its future. Listeners can send comments and suggestions for topics and guests to pm-pov@pmiwdc.org. PM Point of View® is a registered trademark of M Powered Strategies, Inc. PDU Information Earn education PDUs in the PMI Talent Triangle for each podcast you listen to — over 9.25 PDUs by listening to the entire series! Use the following information in PMI's CCRS system to register the PDUs for this podcast: PDU Category: Online or Digital Media Provider Number: C046 Activity Number: PMPOV0034 PDUs for this episode: 1 » More PM-POV Episodes About the Speaker Uma Hiremagalur, PMP     Uma has 15+ years in IT Management and Service Delivery; and over 10+ years in program management. As the Global Program Manager at IBM, she created the Global Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity (DR/BC) Program for Applications on Demand. Uma has managed, built and consolidated Data Centers for Catholic Health Initiatives. Led the Storage practice for all of Northern Region at IBM India. Uma managed Sheltering and Family Reunification programs within Disaster Cycle Services at the American Red Cross. Enjoys technology, innovation, process streamlining change management and total quality management engagements. Uma volunteers for various organizations and is passionate about giving back to the community through diverse programs. Uma has a Masters in Business Administration, Masters in Computer Information Systems and Bachelors in Finance and Commerce.  

In this week's Extra Credit, Analytical Manager Jessica Matsumori discusses the trends shaping the higher education sector, Director Scott Garrigan explains what's behind the multiple notch downgrade on Atlantic City Municipal Utilities, and Senior Director Kevin Holloran reviews our recent downgrade on Catholic Health Initiatives.

In this week’s Extra Credit, Analytical Manager Jessica Matsumori discusses the trends shaping the higher education sector, Director Scott Garrigan explains what’s behind the multiple notch downgrade on Atlantic City Municipal Utilities, and Senior Director Kevin Holloran reviews our recent downgrade on Catholic Health Initiatives.

This week's segment features Standard & Poor’s Director Liz Sweeney, who discusses what’s behind our recent rating action on Catholic Health Initiatives, and Director Steve Tencer, who explains how a deal with a soft put option works.

Premio Paulo Coelho: 1. Alois Bell, pastora de St. Louis, MO por dejar la nota de arriba en su recibo en un restaurante Applebee's. 2. Padres de la Iglesia Creciendo en Gracia por tatuar el 666 a niño. 3. Los Terroristas musulmanes de Mali por quemar la Biblioteca de Tombuctú y el crical contra Richard Dawkins. 4. Catholic Health Initiatives por decir que los fetos no son personas cuando ven que van a tener que pagar una demanda. 5. Sor María Gómez Valbuena por morirse, la cabrona. Estudios sobre circunsición y tansmisión viral: 1. http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)60313-4/abstract?version=printerFriendly 2. http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)60312-2/abstract 3. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/malecircumcision/ 4. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-03-25-circumcision-std_N.htm ‘Ayase al carajo: Vídeo de Bob Grisham, maestro y entrenador principal de futbol americano en Lauderdale County High School en Alabama: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/02/01/alabama-teacher-makes-anti-gay-racist-comments-in-class-and-a-student-recorded-the-whole-thing/ Cita de cierre: "Parece que el mundo se ha vuelto loco, y las convicciones religiosas arraigadas parecen desempeñar su parte en esta locura asesina”. - Jimmy Carter Participan en la discusión: @bandarrita, Angel Arnal, Kirkigan y @ManoloMatos. Puedes bajar el podcast o subscribirte al RSS en iVoox, iTunes y RSS. Tema de la Próxima Semana: Entrevista a Roberto Augusto --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ateorizar/message

The Show Notes Simultaneous PodgasmStimulus / ResponseIntroMonstrosity and CovervilleRussian Family DEEP in the woodsInteresting Fauna     - Scarabaeus satyrus, the star-gazing dung beetleLotsa' folks on TV are lookin’ for gold…Religious Moron(s) of the Week     
- Jewelry Blessers and Takers from Bruce Press     
- Guy Who Bit His Snake-Possessed Son from Mike Vogt     
- Lawyers of Catholic Health Initiatives from Stephen JacobPFA this Friday in EastonBig(ish) announcement coming soon(ish)Show close ................................... Mentioned in the Show NECSS: Stimulus/Response April 5th Russian Woods family Scott Sigler's Monstrosity episode with Geo's theme Coverville episode with Geo's Melt With You Philadelphia Funk Authority................................... Geo's Music: stock up! The catalog at iTunes The catalog at CD Baby ...................................
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