Welcome to The Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy

The Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy (the Center) at the University of North Florida was founded in February 2007 with the mission of promoting global understanding and collaborative action for improving health and medical care. The Center objectives include:

• Promoting excellence and balance in the caring, ethics and science of health and medicine.
• Promoting the human, economic and diplomatic value of health & medical care.
• Promoting optimal health and medical education.
• Supporting leadership development in the health and medical professions.
• Integrating broad local, state, national and global participation in advisory committees, forums, publications, research, education and demonstration activities. 

The First Coast Worksite Wellness Council (FCWWC) is hosting its 4th Annual Conference, May 16, 2012 at the University Center at UNF in Jacksonville, FL to improve the health of the First Coast Business Community.  For more information and to register, click here.

  Patient Safety Symposium 

Naval Hospital Jacksonville 

March 1, 2012 

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National and regional healthcare leaders share evidence-based best practices to enhance communication, teamwork and leadership to advance positive patient outcomes at Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville Patient Safety Symposium on March 1 held at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. Participating were Virginia Mason Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Gary Kaplan; Distinguished Professor, Director, Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy at University of North Florida Yank Coble; Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville Director for Medical Services Cmdr. Gabriel Lee; Baptist Health Patient Safety Officer Cory Meyers; andBaptist Medical Health Chief Medical Officer Keith Stein.  Dr. Coble (left) and NH Jacksonville Commanding Officer Capt. Lynn Welling wrap-up the symposium.  Coble encourages the 200 clinicians and healthcare leaders in attendance—from both the Navy and private sectors—to continue to provide the world’s best healthcare based on caring, ethics and science.  Welling concludes, “We’ve met the solution, and he is us.”  (Photo by MC2 Gary Granger) 

At Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville Patient Safety Symposium on March 1, leaders from Baptist Health, Mayo Clinic in Florida and NH Jacksonville discuss how elimination of waste contributes to patient safety during a process improvement panel.  Cmdr. Gabriel Lee (NH Jacksonville director of medical services), Cory Meyers (Baptist Health patient safety officer), Keith Stein (Baptist Health chief medical officer), William Rupp (Mayo Clinic in Florida chief executive officer) and Capt. Lynn Welling (NH Jacksonville commanding officer) engage with an audience of over 200 health care professionals in a discussion moderated by Gary Kaplan, chairman and chief executive officer of Virginia Mason Medical Center (right).  (Photo by MC2 Gary Granger) 

                                             Caring Physicians of the World