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Portland Observer NOVEMBER 22,1989 Page 7
Providence Medical Center Hosts
Visitor From Kenya
Carolina Asukuya from Kenya, Africa,
visited Providence M edical Center Oct. 29
through Nov. 11, as part o f a one-m onth visit
to the United States to study personnel sys
tem s and procedures.
A sukuya will take the knowledge she
gains back with her to Kenyatla National
H ospital, where she is responsible for setting
up a personnel program for the facility's
3,500 employees.
Carolina Asukuy
A 1,008-bed facility, Kenyatla Hospital
recently m ade the transition from being
governm ent-owned and operated to being a
sem i-private institution. The personnel pro
gram that A sukuya will establish will be the
first one the hospital’s ever had.
M any of the personnel issues that face
C aroline and the staff at Kenyatla are well
know n to health care professionals in the
U nited States.
A shortage o f nurses, for exam ple, is a
grow ing problem in Kenya. A burgeoning
population, the lure of higher-paying jobs at
other institutions, and cuts in the numbers of
new nursing students the colleges will accept
are all factors contributing to a shortage of
nursing personnel at K enyatla Hospital,
Asukuya explains.
One way Kenyatla Hospital is address
ing the shortage is the addition o f a new
cadre, or position, equivalent to the nurses'
aides we have in the United States.
A nother fam iliar issue pressing on the
African governm ent and health care provid
ers is that of treating patients who cannot pay
for the m edical care.
In Africa, everyone w ho works pays into
and is covered by a national health insurance
fund, much as we pay into Social Security in
this country. The problem for health care
providers arises, o f course, with those who
cannot or do not work who are unable to pay
for their care. “ W e d o n ’t know yet how the
governm ent will choose to deal with this
issue,” A sukuya says.
A personnel concept applied at Provi
dence that was new to Asukuya was the
Equal Opportunity Employer program (EOE).
While there are labor laws affecting em ploy
ees, there is no program like EOE im ple
m ented in Africa, she explains.
Asukuya was pleasantly surprised by the
people she m et during her first visit to the
United States. “ I had heard that Americans
are very friendly when they visit other coun
tries, but not so friendly when you visit
theirs,” she said. " S o I was surprised by
how friendly and helpful everyone has been!”
After leaving Providence, Asukuya headed
for W ashington, D.C.
Bernard Crowley
Named Vice President
Of CaliforniaCare
For Blue Cross Of
California
W OODLAND HILLS, CA Bernard
Crow ley has been appointed vice president
ot Blue Cross of C alifornia's health mainte
nance organization (H M O ), Califom iaCare,
according to an announcement by Ronald
W illiam s, senior vice president of M arket
ing and Related Products for Blue Cross of
California.
B e rn a rd C row ley
Vice P resid en t, C a lifo m ia C a re
“ Bernard Crowley joins Blue Cross o f
California with extensive experience in the
m anagem ent o f insurance organizations,
particularly H M O s,” W illiams said. “ His
outstanding leadership will be essential in
providing CalifomiaCare members with better
service and health care coverage.”
As vice president, Crowley is respon
sible for the overall adm inistration o f C ali
fom iaC are, which has reached m ore than
220,000 members since its inception in 1986.
Prior to joining Blue Cross, Crowley
was senior vice president of IPA and Group
Operations in Los Angeles for Cigna Health
Plans, and vice president of the Central Division
O perations in Dallas, Texas from 1984 to
1989. He has served in leadership roles at
several other insurance com panies, focusing
prim arily on the developm ent and im plem
entation of health m aintenance organiza
tions and preferred provider organizations.
From 1980 to 1981, Crowley was on the
board of directors for the Group Health
Association o f America.
Crowley received a bachelor's degree in
secondary education from Southern Illinois
University in 1971, and a m aster’s degree in
health organization and administration from
the University of Cincinnati in 1972.
A native o f Illinois, he has lived in
C alifornia since 1986. Crowley currently
lives with his wife and tw o children in
W oodland Hills.
Founded in 1937, B lu eC rossofC alifor-
nia is a nonprofit organization providing
health insurance coverage and Medicare
benefits to 5 million Californians. Total health
care benefits paid in 1988 exceeded 46 b il
lion.
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