LaFeir Fry, vice president of innovation operations at the Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania, a regional healthcare provider and health plan, is one of 10 winners in this year's Emerging Industry Leaders series.
Emily LaFeir Fry, M.H.A., vice president of innovation operations at the Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania, a regional healthcare provider and health plan, is one of the 10 up-and-coming healthcare leaders featured in the annual Managed Healthcare Executive feature. In this video she talks about the career achievement that she is most proud of, what she would change in U.S. healthcare and how she avoids burnout.
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