The Gaskov Clerge Foundation - Providing Quality Healthcare in Haiti

Tanishia McIntosh of New York City is an experienced health professional who has held various management positions. She specializes in implementing medical technology solutions for hospitals. Tanishia McIntosh has also been involved in charitable activities and humanitarian work over the years and volunteered in Haiti for the Gaskov Clerge Foundation (GCF) Mobile Clinic.

Founded in 1999, GCF is a philanthropic nonprofit organization that operates in the United States and Haiti to make healthcare accessible in disadvantaged communities. Healthcare professionals are encouraged to volunteer their expertise to aid the operation of mobile clinics in Haiti. These services are essential because Haitian people who cannot afford to see a doctor have come to depend on GCF's mobile clinics extensively as their main source of healthcare. The clinic offers basic medical care for people of all ages and provides specialists that include gynecologists, psychiatrists, dentists, cardiologists, and neurologists. Oftentimes, these specialists are not available anywhere else in the region.

GCF works in conjunction with the Les Cayes public hospital for medical procedures and surgeries and also collaborated with Forward in Health (FIH) to build a medical center, Klinik Fonfred, in order to provide people in nearby communities with continuous care.

Three Top Reads on Change Management

A resident of New York City, Tanishia Mcintosh has served as a Customer Success Executive with Becton Dickinson since 2017. Tanishia Mcintosh of New York City possesses expertise in numerous business areas including project management, strategic planning, multi-project operations, and change management, to name a few.

Change management refers to the processes organizations implement to facilitate the adoption of changes aimed at improving various operations. Three popular books on the subject are described below.

1. Change Management: The People Side of Change. This book was written for managers and executives and serves as an introduction to the topic of change management, providing a broad perspective. This book also provides insight into the specific roles that executives have in the process of change management.

2. The Theory and Practice of Change Management. This book serves as a textbook on change management and addresses key theories relevant to organizational environments. It also features a range of learning exercises and tools that simulate realistic scenarios related to change management.

3. Managing Change, Creativity, and Innovation. Now in a third edition, this book includes case studies and lecture slides to facilitate an understanding of change management. This book also discusses the close relationship between change, creativity, and innovation.