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the winner of our Healthcare Leader -
Patient Support award, and her profile
starts on page 13.
– Brad Kane, editor
A
s a media publication
covering businesses,
WBJ doesn't write many
human-interest stories.
We focus on industry
trends, market reports, entrepreneurs
and company leaders making their
mark, and the impact of regulation and
regulators. When we examine problems,
we analyze their effect from a dollar-
and-cents perspective. When we do
write people-focused stories, they tend
to focus on their professional lives,
how they achieved their positions, the
business challenges they are facing, and
ways they are innovating within the
marketplace.
Rarely ever does anything produced
by WBJ's very talented writers move
me to tears. Even with our many
awards-focused editions (40 Under
Forty, Outstanding Women in Business,
Manufacturing Excellence Awards,
etc.), the profiles tend to focus on
winners' professional achievements and
community contributions. ere tend to
be few heart-wrenching stories.
is edition's Champions of Health
Care awards hits different, and one story
in particular. Healthcare professionals
have enormously difficult jobs, deal with
people who are at their most vulnerable,
and must navigate an endless stream
of red tape. Yet, they do amazing work
because they want to make people's lives
better and healthier. Every profession
requires commitment and challenges to
be overcome, but you have to be a really
special person to work in health care.
Starting on page 8, you'll read the
stories of our 12 award winners who are
all making a difference in an industry
in the midst of multiple crises. eir
determination is inspiring, and their
work represents the best of what human
beings can be. In particular, when I read
Correspondent Laura Finaldi's profile on
Angela Rosado from the Tatnuck Park
at Worcester assisted living facility, I
was openly crying. I won't give away the
whole story in this column, but Rosado
works with patients who suffer from
memory loss and now have different
relationships with their families. She is
is one moved me to tears
MBA
clarku.edu/business
With a Concentration in
Generous Scholarships for Central Massachusetts Residents
Business Driven. Socially Focused.
School of Business
C L A R K U N I V E R S I T Y
Healthcare
Analytics
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
4 Central Mass. In Brief
8 Focus on Health Care
33 List: Largest holistic wellness
providers
34 Know How
35 Movers & Shakers
37 Opinion
38 Shop Talk: Mirick O'Connell
6 Keeping it local
Small Central Mass. retailers are using
community connections, product knowhow,
and modern tech to claim their share of the
holiday shopping rush.
37 Priorities for the lame duck
Congress
Viewpoint opinion columnist James T.
Brett from The New England Council lays
out three bipartisan initiatives federal
lawmakers can approve before they close
the book on 2024.
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