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Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and
law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to
be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of
the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject
areas. Providing a comprehensive overview of the current and future
uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare, this Advanced
Introduction discusses the issues surrounding the implementation,
governance, impacts and risks of utilising AI in health
organizations Key Features: Advises healthcare executives on how to
effectively leverage AI to advance their strategies and plans and
support digital transformation Discusses AI governance, change
management, workforce management and the organization of AI
experimentation and implementation Analyzes AI technologies in
healthcare and their impacts on patient care, medical devices,
pharmaceuticals, population health, and healthcare operations
Provides risk mitigation approaches to address potential AI
algorithm problems, liability and regulation Essential reading for
policymakers, clinical executives and consultants in healthcare,
this Advanced Introduction explores how to successfully integrate
AI into healthcare organizations and will also prove invaluable to
students and scholars interested in technological innovations in
healthcare.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and
law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to
be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of
the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject
areas. Providing a comprehensive overview of the current and future
uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare, this Advanced
Introduction discusses the issues surrounding the implementation,
governance, impacts and risks of utilising AI in health
organizations Key Features: Advises healthcare executives on how to
effectively leverage AI to advance their strategies and plans and
support digital transformation Discusses AI governance, change
management, workforce management and the organization of AI
experimentation and implementation Analyzes AI technologies in
healthcare and their impacts on patient care, medical devices,
pharmaceuticals, population health, and healthcare operations
Provides risk mitigation approaches to address potential AI
algorithm problems, liability and regulation Essential reading for
policymakers, clinical executives and consultants in healthcare,
this Advanced Introduction explores how to successfully integrate
AI into healthcare organizations and will also prove invaluable to
students and scholars interested in technological innovations in
healthcare.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep
South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune
worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning
communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any
measure, a heroic figure whose wealth and influence bore comparison
to J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Here, for the first time, is
the story of the life of this extraordinary pioneer, told by his
niece and grandniece, the award-winning television journalist Carol
Jenkins and her daughter Elizabeth Gardner Hines.
Born at a time when the bitter legacy of slavery and Reconstruction
still poisoned the lives of black Americans, Gaston was determined
to make a difference for himself and his people. His first job,
after serving in the celebrated all-black regiment during World War
I, bound him to the near-slavery of an Alabama coal mine--but even
here Gaston saw not only hope but opportunity. He launched a
business selling lunches to fellow miners, soon established a
rudimentary bank--and from then on there was no stopping him. A
kind of black Horatio Alger, Gaston let a single, powerful question
be his guide: "What do our people need now?" His success flowed
from an uncanny genius for knowing the answer.
Combining rich family lore with a deep knowledge of American social
and economic history, Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Hines unfold
Gaston's success story against the backdrop of a century of
crushing racial hatred and bigotry. Gaston not only survived the
hardships of being black during the Depression, he flourished, and
by the 1950s he was ruling a Birmingham-based business empire. When
the movement for civil rights swept through the South in the late
1950s and early 1960s, Gaston provided critical financial support
to many activists.
At the time of his death in 1996, A. G. Gaston was one of the
wealthiest black men in America, if not "the" wealthiest. But his
legacy extended far beyond the monetary. He was a man who had
proved it was possible to overcome staggering odds and make a place
for himself as a leader, a captain of industry, and a far-sighted
philanthropist. Writing with grace and power, Jenkins and Hines
bring their distinguished ancestor fully to life in the pages of
this book. "Black Titan" is the story of a man who created his own
future--and in the process, blazed a future for all black
businesspeople in America.
"From the Hardcover edition."
In 2011 and 2012, Dr Gerry Wait (then Nexus Heritage) and Dr
Ibrahima Thiaw (Institute Fundamental d'Afrique Noire: IFAN, Dakar)
undertook an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)
project in Kouilou Department in the southwest region of the
Republic of the Congo. The initiative had been commissioned by SRK
Consulting UK for Elemental Minerals Ltd relating to a proposed
potash mine. These landscapes were little known in terms of the
sites and monuments from the distant and more recent past. That the
area was important in the understanding of migrations along the
African coast had been demonstrated in a pioneering set of
excavations by Denbow (2012 and 2014). This base line study was
undertaken to identify and evaluate cultural resources which might
need further investigation. The second part of the study reports on
ethnographic surveys undertaken in the same defined area, treating
intangible cultural heritage as equally as important parts of the
Congo's cultural heritage and identity. The baseline studies were
systematic in that they employed standard best-practice survey
techniques but structured on a landscape level. By building upon
Denbow's extensive surveys and small-scale investigations from 30
years earlier the studies have enabled a richer and more nuanced
understanding of the Atlantic Coast of Congo during the past
millennium.
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