Independence Blue Cross Foundation celebrates summer nurse interns

The Independence Blue Cross Foundation (Foundation) hosted a recognition event on August 2 to conclude its 15th annual nursing internship program. This year, 25 undergraduate nursing students from eight schools across the region participated in the internship. They spent 10 weeks this summer working at Independence Blue Cross or at a community health center supported by the Foundation’s Blue Safety Net grant program....
Read More

How My Independence Blue Cross Foundation Nursing Internship Prepared Me for My Pediatric Rotation Abroad

Adanna in Italy during her pediatric rotation abroad
Adanna Chukwu in Italy during her pediatric rotation abroad In 2019, as a junior nursing student at La Salle University, I was given the opportunity to participate in a pediatric rotation abroad. I was excited to use my clinical skills and practice the cultural competency skills I learned during my previous summer as an Independence Blue Cross Foundation (Foundation) nurse intern at Chespenn Health Services....
Read More

Independence Blue Cross Foundation announces nearly $1.6 million in grants

Grants will help support local nurses, address regional health challenges, and assist those fighting opioid use disorder   Philadelphia, PA — August 6, 2019 — The Independence Blue Cross Foundation (Foundation) announced nearly $1.6 million in funding to support three programs: Nurses for Tomorrow, Supporting Treatment and Opioid Prevention (STOP) Initiative, and Community Innovation. Nurses for Tomorrow Twenty nursing schools will receive nearly $1.2 million in scholarship funding for undergraduate,...
Read More

Foundation hosts award-winning filmmaker to discuss diversity in nursing

Foundation president Lorina Marshall-Blake (right) with filmmaker Carolyn Jones
Foundation president Lorina Marshall-Blake (right) with filmmaker Carolyn Jones The Independence Blue Cross Foundation funded four seminars hosted by the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. The support was part of the Foundation’s commitment to a culturally competent and diverse nursing workforce....
Read More

Independence Blue Cross Foundation announces collaboration to improve care for survivors of an opioid overdose in Bucks County

Pictured left to right:  Stephen Fera, SVP, Independence Blue Cross, Heather Major, Director IBC Foundation programs, Ashely E. (BCARES participant), Secretary Jennifer Smith, PA Dept. of Drug and Alochol Programs, Lorina Marshall-Blake, President, IBC Foundation, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) Results of an Independence Blue Cross Foundation study evaluating warm hand-offs provides basis for $650,000 additional funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to help overdose survivors get treatment  Philadelphia,...
Read More

Independence Blue Cross Foundation takes Someone You Know opioid public health campaign to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Someone You Know ambassadors on the Senate steps with Senator Bob Casey Jr. (far left) The Independence Blue Cross Foundation (Foundation) took its Someone You Know public health awareness campaign from Philadelphia to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on June 27. Nearly 20 Someone You Know ambassadors who had been featured in the Someone You Know campaign went to the Rayburn House Office Building Foyer to use storytelling to advance the campaign’s goal of reducing the stigma of addiction....
Read More

Independence associate Patrick Flynn honored by Caron Treatment Centers

Patrick Flynn (left) pictured here with Casey Duffy, past chair, Caron Treatment Centers’ Board of Trustees.
Patrick Flynn (left) pictured here with Casey Duffy, past chair, Caron Treatment Centers’ Board of Trustees. Independence Government Affairs Specialist Patrick Flynn received the Unsung Hero award at Caron Treatment Center’s Annual Greater Philadelphia Community Service Awards Breakfast on June 7 held in Philadelphia. The award pays tribute to individuals, organizations, and institutions that have made an outstanding contribution in the ongoing battle against alcohol and drug addiction in the community....
Read More

IBC Foundation joins Senator PA State Senator Tom Killion and West Chester Area YMCA to celebrate CPR Awareness Week and passage of new legislation

State Senator Tom Killion, Lorina Marshall-Blake, President, Independence Blue Cross Foundation, Terri Edgar, Executive Director, West Chester Area YMCA Stephanie Austin, sudden cardiac arrest survivor
Pictured left to right, State Senator Tom Killion, Lorina Marshall-Blake, President, Independence Blue Cross Foundation, Terri Edgar, Executive Director, West Chester Area YMCA, and Stephanie Austin, sudden cardiac arrest survivor. In recognition and celebration of National CPR and AED Awareness Week, June 1-7, the Independence Blue Cross Foundation (Foundation) joined State Senator Tom Killion and representatives from the West Chester Area YMCA to celebrate the passage of Senate Bill 115 and talk about the importance of CPR and AEDs....
Read More

The Independence Blue Cross Foundation welcomes its summer nurse interns

A group photo of the 2019 nursing interns
The Independence Blue Cross Foundation (Foundation) welcomed its summer nursing internship class on June 3. Through the program, 25 undergraduate nursing students from eight nursing schools across the region will participate in a 10-week internship learning the unique roles nurses play at Independence Blue Cross or at a community health center supported by the Foundation’s Blue Safety Net grant program....
Read More

Lessons from an Internship: How an Independence Blue Cross Foundation Internship Helped Me Launch a Health Initiative in Sierra Leone

Maila Turay signing the visitor log at Port Loko Government Hospital alongside Head Matron Kumba In 2017, as a sophomore nursing student at Temple University, I landed my first nursing job as a summer “extern” at the Independence Blue Cross Foundation. I was excited to gain the inpatient clinical skills that are the foundation of a long and fruitful career in nursing....
Read More