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Spotlight Feature: Eye-opening Data Sparks Effort to Improve Community Health
When health care leaders at Riverside Medical Center saw Kankakee County’s latest health needs assessment data, the results weren’t good for the community located just south of Chicago.
Spotlight Feature: Building Community Connections to Fight Adult Diabetes
Thanks to a health equity grant delivered through a collaboration between the American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE) and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL), Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago extended free diabetes education services to uninsured and underinsured patients through its accredited, self-management diabetes education program offered by its Diabetes Community Center (DCC).
Spotlight Feature: Focusing on Basic Patient Needs to Fight Diabetes
Knowing that diabetes was surging throughout the community it serves, Humboldt Park Health (formerly Norwegian American Hospital) on Chicago’s West Side came up with a new approach to address the disparities it was seeing.
Spotlight Feature: Education, Community Partnerships Bolster Efforts to Prevent Diabetes
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Recruiting for a Diverse Health Care Board
Adding diverse members to a hospital’s or health system’s board can change the board’s culture for the better.
Spotlight Feature: Diabetes education through a health equity lens
Erika Davis, manager of Community Health at Advocate Christ Medical Center’s Southland Region, discusses the programs’ goals for helping patients in surrounding communities.
MLK Community Healthcare | California
As a Metropolitan Anchor Hospital (MAH), MLK Community Healthcare cis guided by the belief that all patients – no matter their insurance status – deserve access to high-quality primary and specialty care services.
5 Steps to Achieving Diversity on Your Board
Focusing on specific strategies and practices will support diverse recruitment on health care boards.
Sinai Chicago | Illinois
Sinai Chicago comprises a network of four hospitals, more than 15 community clinics, a community institute, and a nationally recognized research institute that all serve communities on Chicago's West and Southwest sides.
Spotlight: Core Value Foundation of Delivering Equitable Maternal Health Care
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