by Bea Grause, President and CEO

I spent last Sunday afternoon in the emergency room with my daughter, who learned the hard way what happens when you slam on the front brake of your bike.  Three hours and eight stitches later, we left – tired but grateful her injuries weren’t worse. As a former ER nurse, the bustling pace, the constant inflow of new patients and the wide range of “chief complaints” – from simple abrasions to complex medical problems all felt familiar.  

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