Humana names first chief equity officer
Dr. Nwando Olayiwola
Humana on Tuesday named Dr. Nwando Olayiwola as its first chief health equity officer, as Black, Latinx, Indigenous and other minority populations continue to contract and die from the COVID-19 virus at disproportionate rates.
In this new role, Olayiwola will set and direct strategy to promote equity at the Louisville, Ky.,-based insurer and across its business lines and ensure the insurer s clinical programs and member services focus on cultural sensitivity.
Olayiwola comes to Humana from The Ohio State University College of Medicine, where she served as chair and professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, founding director of the Center for Primary Care Innovation and Transformation and a practicing physician at one of the university s outpatient clinics.
Bosnian patient and Arnold Schwarzenegger fan thrilled to bits after heart surgery in Abu Dhabi
27 Jan 2021
Staff Reporter
Abu Dhabi resident Edin Mackic believes that he now has something in common with Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In October 2020, while the 69-year-old patient of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, an integral part of Mubadala Health, was undergoing a minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the capital, he read media reports of the 73-year-old star having the same operation miles away in the US. It was exciting to read that we were going through the same experience. I m from Bosnia and he is from Austria and I ve seen a lot of his movies, and after this valve replacement operation at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, I can say that I feel as strong as he looks in them, says film fan Edin.
Southern Orthopaedic Specialists
Dr. Ryan Charles is a board-eligible orthopaedic surgeon at Southern Orthopaedic Specialists, specializing in total hip and total knee replacement. Trained in the latest techniques and technologies including robotic knee replacement and direct superior hip replacement, Charles is one of the only surgeons in the New Orleans area to have specialized fellowship training in robotic joint replacements.
Since joining the practice in 2019, Charles utilizes novel techniques that allow patients to recover faster and with less pain than patients undergoing traditional hip and knee replacements. He also has a special research interest in patient-reported outcomes, preventing medical errors and reducing unnecessary health care costs.
Cleveland Clinic project expected to create 1,000 R&D jobs, lands state tax credits
Cleveland Clinic
A project associated with the Cleveland Clinic could create 1,000 research and development jobs by late 2028, based on the outlines of an incentive deal approved by the Ohio Tax Credit Authority.
The Cleveland Clinic could create 1,000 research and development jobs in Cleveland by late 2028, through the establishment of a new global center for pathogen research and human health.
On Monday, Jan. 25, the Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved a 15-year job creation tax credit for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation an unusual move because the board typically focuses on corporate expansions, not deals involving nonprofits or institutions.
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