I currently live in the Durham area and work at UNC Health/School of Medicine in the Gastroenterology Department. I am an Administrative Specialist for the IBD Department but help the Liver team as well. I am on the non patient facing side of jobs tasks so I have a lot to learn. Over the past … Read more
Hey Everyone, My name is Casey Bissette I earned my BSBA in Marketing degree in 2013 from ECU. The first six years of my professional life I spent in outside sales for Cisco, BB&T and Southern Glaziers two years each then ventured into the healthcare system working as a Nurse Tech in the Emergency Department … Read more
Good Morning, My name is Holly Rosenberger. I am currently in the MBA program and obtaining the Health Care Management certificate. I have been in the emergency medicine field since I turned 16. I joined my local fire department and got my EMT at 16. I have had my EMT since then, and about 6 … Read more
Hi everyone! Happy New Year! My name is Kara Threatt. I am a Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Operations Assistant Director for the Department of Surgery at Duke. As part of my roles for the last 25 years at Duke, I supervise about 25 Advanced Practice Providers as well as work closely with physician leaders. This … Read more
Hello! My name is Maddy and I’m from Raleigh, NC. I currently live in Denver, CO and moved here after graduating from ECU in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health. I’m currently in the Business Administration program and am taking this course as a part of the Health Care Management certificate requirements. … Read more
Hi all, This blog is meant to serve as a space for asking questions pertaining to course content or about the operation of the blog itself such as How do I….? I will try to check it on a daily basis. I invite all of you to check in, too. If you know the answer … Read more
Hello fellow bloggers, Welcome to COHE 6000 first 8-week block session for Spr 2023. I have several different perspectives on our health care system: as a health information management professional who worked in acute care and ambulatory settings; as a patient who had his fair share of contact with the system and got to see … Read more
In the U.S. access to health care depends on having health care insurance. Whether health care is financed via public government-sponsored programs such as Medicare, Medicaid or SCHIP or through private employer-sponsored plans (BTW most individuals in the US have this form of coverage) it still ends up representing a cost to society. The conventional wisdom is that we all share … Read more