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Enchanted Mountains Village volunteers aid older group members

Olean Times Herald 30 Nov 2023
OLEAN — Three years ago, a group of older Olean-area residents formed a group aimed at supporting members who wish to remain in their homes as they age ... Executive director Athena Godet-Calogeras said the inspiration for the group came from her reading of “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande ... Probably the most requested assistance is technology-related ... .
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Difference Makers: Enchanted Mountains Village volunteers aid older group members

Olean Times Herald 30 Nov 2023
OLEAN — Three years ago, a group of older Olean-area residents formed a group aimed at supporting members who wish to remain in their homes as they age ... Executive director Athena Godet-Calogeras said the inspiration for the group came from her reading of “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande ... Union St ... “Members volunteer to help other members ... .
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Five takeaways from the Milken Institute Future of Health Summit

Politico 08 Nov 2023
Health Care Five takeaways from the Milken Institute Future of Health Summit. Rapid adoption of artificial intelligence is cause for enthusiasm and worry, experts say ... Monica Bertagnolli. Erin Schumaker/POLITICO ... Dr ... Sens ... Atul Gawande, assistant administrator for global health at the Agency for International Development, made the point that the U.S.
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John Sargent talks about his memoir 'Turning Pages,' surfing in Montauk, more

Newsday 18 Oct 2023
Former publisher John Sargent, who has a home in Bridgehampton, has written his memoir “Turning Pages.” privacy policy. I knew I needed my first trip out to Wyoming, because that was formative ... One is “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande It is a remarkable book to better understand the medical system, the ways in which it is not built to help the aging.
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Smile Train-Lifebox tackle major gap in anesthesia safety in low-resource setting operating rooms

Victoria Advocate 17 Oct 2023
Partnership to improve access to high-quality medical device that's essential for safe surgery and currently absent outside of wealthy countries. NAIROBI, Kenya and NEW YORK, Oct ... More information here ... Atul Gawande in 2011, Lifebox has worked in 116 countries and trained more than 12,000 healthcare providers to make 181 million surgeries safer ... Tel.
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Two South Asians among 100 new inductees into the National Academy of Medicine

News India Times 16 Oct 2023
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee. PHOTO. cancer.columbia.edu ... His 2016 book The Gene ... Mukherjee is among a select group of doctor-writers (such as Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande) who have “transformed the public discourse on human health” and allowed a generation of readers a rare and intimate glimpse into the life of science and medicine, NAM said ... .
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RGV Health Equity Conference, Accelerator 2023, Oct 17th 

Mega Doctor News 09 Oct 2023
AltaCair and Western Governors University (WGU) to address health equity, value-based care, and nursing workforce challenges of Texas’ Rio Grande Valley (RGV), at the Accelerator2023 conference ... Courtesy Images. Mega Doctor News ... Speakers ... Dr ... CT ... Atul Gawande (MPH), wrote his landmark article, “The Cost Conundrum”, that was published in The New Yorker ... .
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US quietly terminates controversial wildlife virus hunting program amid safety fears

Principia Scientific 14 Sep 2023
The closure of DEEP VZN was privately relayed to the Senate aides by the office of Atul Gawande, USAID’s assistant administrator for global health, said officials familiar with the matter. Gawande, an appointee of President Biden, was a general and endocrine surgeon and bestselling author before joining the administration in January 2022.
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Renaissance well under way

The Scranton Times-Tribune 13 Sep 2023
Two megatrends have shaped American life since the 1980s ... Atul Gawande that introduced me to the phrase “failure to rescue.” He reported on a study that found the best hospitals don’t necessarily prevent bad things from happening, but they’re really good at rescuing people when they have a complication to prevent failures from becoming catastrophes.
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American renaissance already at hand under Biden's leadership

The Buffalo News 11 Sep 2023
Two megatrends have shaped American life since the 1980s. The rise of China and the hollowing out of U.S. industry ... The hollowing out of U.S. industry fed the sense that capitalism is betraying the middle class. America has a parasitic financial sector, but we don't make things anymore ... Atul Gawande that introduced me to the phrase "failure to rescue."
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David Brooks: The American Renaissance is already at hand

Pioneer Press 10 Sep 2023
Two megatrends have shaped American life since the 1980s ... Atul Gawande that introduced me to the phrase “failure to rescue.” He reported on a study that found the best hospitals don’t necessarily prevent bad things from happening, but they’re really good at rescuing people when they have a complication to prevent failures from becoming catastrophes.
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Brooks: Surprise, surprise. The American renaissance is already at hand

SiliconValley.com 09 Sep 2023
Two megatrends have shaped American life since the 1980s ... Atul Gawande that introduced me to the phrase “failure to rescue.” He reported on a study that found the best hospitals don’t necessarily prevent bad things from happening, but they’re really good at rescuing people when they have a complication to prevent failures from becoming catastrophes.

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