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911爆料 administration
Since graduating from 911爆料, I鈥檝e worked in Healthcare Administration. I graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina with a Doctorate in Health Administration ( DHA), preceded by an MA from Salve Regina University and an MPA from Clark University.
But it was at 911爆料 that my life and career journeys were firmly established, and I owe those undergrad years at 911爆料 for all I have had the privilege of being involved with since; including my current experiences in dealing with COVID. I am part of the so-called 鈥渆ssential healthcare鈥� cohort who work directly with clients/ patients / students in caring for and鈥攖o the best of our ability鈥攑reventing the spread of the virus to vulnerable populations.
In my work I oversee the care of approximately 20,000 individuals with a variety of physical, emotional, neurological, and developmental considerations through a cohort of 4,600 professional staff including MDs, nurses, psychologists, therapists, and an army of direct support professional employees working at 200 locations throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Many of our patients and clients are medically fragile with a variety of comorbid health concerns. The moment COVID was announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, my world was changed. How would we acquire the quantity of necessary PPE ( personal protective equipment) and supplies for thousands of employees? What new or enhanced protocols would be required to ensure safe working conditions? Were all of our clinical protocols up to date in order to respond to a national pandemic? How would we financially cover the millions of dollars in lost revenue and added expenses? And could we rely upon our workforce to put themselves and their families in harm鈥檚 way in caring for populations of people who already presented many health risks?
Since March 1, my life鈥攁nd those of my Seven Hills Foundation colleagues鈥攈ave changed markedly, with little expectation that life will return to what it was prior to March 1 anytime soon. COVID has, and will in the future, serve as a wake-up call to the greatest nations on the planet, all of whom have been brought to their knees by a virus so small as to be invisible. It hasn鈥檛 taken a war, or a shift in the Earth鈥檚 plate tectonics, or even the changing weather patterns to suddenly and with certainty change how we are acting as a humans.
It has taken one virus to bring our planet to its knees and we must learn the lessons this calamity offers, or future generations鈥攐ur children and their children鈥攚ill suffer the consequences. We must learn to be better stewards of Mother Earth and we must begin to set aside this archaic notion that nations, including the United States, are separate and distinct from the rest of humanity. We are all part of One World, and if there is anything good to take away from COVID it is perhaps that awareness. We still have time; let鈥檚 not waste it this moment.