March 31, 2020 By Nooma Monika Rhue, MLIS Every day I receive a daily news feed on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Notices about new cases and the increasing numbers of death. I read about social distancing and extended stay-at-home messages. But what compelled me to write this piece, is the ... Continue Reading →
Resources on coronavirus pandemic
Page initiated March 18, 2020 Below are links to materials on various aspects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. E-mail your suggestions for what to list. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management Office has issued a Stay-at-Home order for County residents beginning 8 a.m., March 26 ... Continue Reading →
March 17, 2020
Tuesday, March 17, 12:30 p.m. The Forum’s facilitators agreed Tuesday morning to suspend Forum meetings until further notice. The facilitators will meet with co-founder Sarah Stevenson again on March 31 to review public advisories at that time on how to protect community health during ... Continue Reading →
Coronavirus Basics
March 16, 2020 The following information was provided to patients by Tryon Medical Partners, which reports that it treats about 15% of Mecklenburg's entire population. COVID-19 is a new virus. We learn more about it every day. Overall, the risk of contracting coronavirus in Charlotte is still ... Continue Reading →
March 15, 2020
March 15, 2020 The Tuesday Forum meeting has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Decisions are pending about future meetings during this coronavirus pandemic. The announcements include notices of cancellations and postponements received thus far. The Forum website's current ... Continue Reading →
Focusing on adult patients on Medicare
Oct. 1, 2019 The leadership team opening three new medicare care facilities in North Carolina were at the Forum to tell their story, make some connections and pitch the idea that changing the incentives in medicine is a shorter path toward cost containment and better health. Grant Walker, a ... Continue Reading →
Gun laws after Charleston and the rise in gun violence in Charlotte
May 14, 2019 Three advocates for public policy action to reduce gun violence explored options this morning. The focus was not on rolling back the Second Amendment, or a particular list of legislative initiatives. Instead, the focus was on lives lost, families torn apart, and what long list of ... Continue Reading →
3 women helping their clients rebuild their lives
March 26, 2019 The three women who gathered at the Forum presenters' table today operate in a societal space populated by the homeless, the sick, the destitute, the jobless, the skill-less, the hopeless. Each has her silo, but they have been known to work together for the benefit of their ... Continue Reading →
Promoting understanding of the complicated insurance world
Jan. 29, 2019 Robin Tolliver-Ayotunde is an insurance broker. Her background is in health insurance. On Tuesday she presented herself as marketing director for World Financial Group, a Transamerica unit based in Georgia and with a Charlotte office on Independence. She answered lots of questions ... Continue Reading →
Sickle cell patients need African-Americans to donate blood
July 13, 2018 Jessica Jankowski writes that, where the blood supply meets patients with sickle cell disease, there is “a problem.” “This past week alone, JUST ONE local hospital required over 170 of these specially matched units to treat sickle cell patients,” says Jankowski, communications ... Continue Reading →
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