Corvus Health

Corvus Health CEO Kate Tulenko spoke on the opening panel of this three day health workforce conference. With all the shifts in global health financing, big changes are on the horizon.

AFRO/WHO has published the proceedings of the African Health Workforce Investment Forum. Health worker salaries are the single largest line item in any health system, public or private. Salaries are larger than pharmaceuticals, equipment, insurance/liability, or real estate. We must sustainably solve the health workforce financing challenge in order to achieve Universal Health Coverage in Africa and everywhere. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/378689.

An important event honoring a great hero.

In 4 days, we will be hosting an X-Space with Nigeria Health Watch to pay tribute to Dr. Adadevoh's courage & selflessness, honor fallen health workers, and reflect on Nigeria's progress on Infection Prevention and Control.

Set a reminder now to join us at 6pm on Monday: https://x.com/i/spaces/1nAKEpNVZnvxL/peek

Healthcare data breaches are the costliest, averaging $9.77 million per breach in 2024. These breaches disrupt patient care and hospital operations, impacting healthcare workers and leading to ransom payments to regain access to electronic health records.

Healthcare data breaches remain most expensive of any industry The healthcare industry continues to see more expensive breaches, and longer periods of time in containing breaches, says Limor Kessem of IBM.

Steward Health Care announced the closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer. The decision impacts healthcare workers and patients, raising concerns about healthcare access in the region.

Lawmakers, nurses to push back against Steward Health Care hospital closure in Ayer Lawmakers and nurses will gather in Ayer, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning to oppose the closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center and to call on Gov. Maura Healey to enforce the state’s law that requires 120 days’ notice before closing a medical facility. A similar rally was held in Boston’s Dor...

It was a pleasure presenting on innovative ways to address migration during the session organized by Anadach and CHS Advisory during the African Development Bank Group annual meetings. No matter what you think of health worker migration, it is happening and increasing, so we must address it in a way that maximizes the benefits and minimizes the harms to the countries of origin.

Gina Raymondo‘s official delegation to Kenya last week. I joined several members of the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA) to represent US businesses. We sought ideas on how to increase bilateral trade in goods and services between the United States and the 54 African countries.

The African health and education markets are some of the fastest growing in the world. Within a few decades, Africa will be the continent with the most young people in the world.

If you missed our webinar about the Implications of on , the video recording can be found here:

Implications of Artificial Intelligence on Human Resources for Health_12 Dec 2023 Healthcare demand is driven by a combination of forces: an aging population, increased GDP/population, changing patient expectations, a shift in lifestyle ch...

Appleseed Education is proud to announce SORDI (Somali Research and Development Institute) as our partner in Somalia. Appleseed and SORDI will support our member health professional schools in Somalia to expand and improve to ensure that all Somalis have access to hashtag . SORDI founder Dr. Abdi Dalmar previously served as the dean of the only public medical school in Somalia and has a deep understanding of what support health professional schools in Somalia need.

Through SORDI, Appleseed Education will offer our member schools digital transformation, online learning, group procurement, shared faculty, expanded eLibrary collections, student loans, operational support, and centralized services. As the new Somali government is in the early phases of regulating the health sector, the Appleseed Education platform will provide much-needed support and quality guarantees in health worker education.

SORDI SORDI is a Somalia-focused, independent think tank, multidisciplinary research and capacity development institute specializing in addressing complex health, education, disaster climate resilience and humanitarian crisis in Somalia. SORDI focuses on institutional capacity development and the comprehe...

Health workers are one of the six WHO health system building blocks. Yet most schools of public health don't have a single class focusing on health workers. In order to achieve we must develop the profession of health workforce experts.

Ligia Paina and I are proud to be teaching a practical course on health workforce management in the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Summer Institute the week of June 24, 2024. We will post registration information as it becomes available.

Summer Institutes | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Spend a day or several weeks learning all things public health at the Johns Hopkins Institutes of Public Health this summer -- either onsite at our Baltimore campus or online from the comfort of your own home!