The health of our state depends on the health of our communities.
Communities in all 100 counties across North Carolina are facing an ever-changing landscape. People are coming together to work for good and provide access to safe housing, healthy food, medicine, education and resources – the core drivers of health.
Blue Cross NC leaders have completed our initial goal of visiting all 100 counties in our great state through the Extra Miles Tour, a listening tour across the state, meeting with community leaders who are making a positive impact. Their solutions include regional economic development initiatives, collaborative partnerships between health care providers and community colleges and more. Over the duration of this tour, we sought to understand what counties are facing and how we can lift up those who are going the extra mile — the people who live and work in their communities and know them best.
As we travel more, connect through site visits and bond with communities, our continuing goal is to understand the local strengths and opportunities of our state, to celebrate those working to improve the health and well-being of all North Carolinians and to learn from their worthy efforts to create solutions for our toughest shared challenges. We’re passionate about work that makes a difference, and we won’t stop until health care is better for all.
The Extra Miles Tour gave us the opportunity to hear directly from local leaders in all 100 North Carolina counties on the unique challenges and opportunities they face in working to improve the health and well-being of their communities. The Extra Miles Tour report, Beyond a Listening Tour: Insights From Going the Extra Mile, gives you a clear, insightful look at the common threads and critical issues those leaders raised.
The Extra Miles Tour is the perfect opportunity for Blue Cross NC leadership to listen and learn from our members and the communities we are fortunate to serve. We know that the most powerful way to connect with others is to listen, and we are building relationships that will help us better serve our state.
Tunde Sotunde, MD, MBA, FAAP
President and Chief Executive Officer
Last week, Blue Cross NC’s Extra Miles Tour wound its way to Mecklenburg County, Rowan County and Cabarrus County North Carolina counties.
EdNC joined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina on their Extra Miles listening tour in Lenoir and Pitt counties. Blue Cross NC is traveling to visit education and health care systems along with other anchor institutions across the state to better understand the barriers to better health communities are facing and meet the people working to address them.
Last week I joined other members of Blue Cross NC leadership team as we visited Mecklenburg, Rowan and Cabarrus counties as part of our Extra Miles Tour.
EdNC joined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina on their Extra Miles listening tour in Lenoir and Pitt counties.
Last week, I joined our CEO, Tunde Sotunde, and other Blue Cross NC leaders on what we're calling our Extra Miles Tour as we made stops in Moore, Lee and Chatham counties.
It's one thing to read the data, it's quite another to see it firsthand - or to hear stories from families and communities that have been affected.
As part of their Extra Miles listening tour, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, leaders in the healthcare industry, paid a visit to Robeson Community College.
We're on a listening tour across North Carolina, talking to local leaders who are collaborating on solutions to our toughest common challenges. Our goal is to understand the local strengths and opportunities of our state, to celebrate the grassroots heroes working to improve the health and well-being of all North Carolinians and to learn from their worthy efforts.
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