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Why Businesses Should Work to Improve the Health of the Communities They Are In

Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey is a PIK Professor of Population Health and Health Equity at the Perelman School of Medicine, Penn School of Nursing, and Wharton, and President Emerita and Former CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She is one of Modern Healthcare's 100 most influential people in health care. Risa joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss her mission to help companies encourage access to affordable healthcare in their communities by addressing environmental, social, and structural challenges that may impact residents' health on Women@Work.

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