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4 Keys to Accelerate Health Equity
Professionals focused on improving community and population health and building partnerships, and those striving to advance diversity and inclusion within hospital management and executive levels recently convened at the third annual AHA Accelerating Health Equity Conference.
3 Ways to Expand Community, Patient Engagement
Advisory councils or boards can play an integral role in engaging the voice of the patient to help shape changes from providers and health plans. But some organizations are going a step further.
Boston Medical Center’s 5 Steps to Better Community Health
The AHA awarded the Foster G. McGaw Prize to Boston Medical Center (BMC) Health System for its achievements in improving access to high-quality health care — particularly for underserved areas — and developing innovative partnerships with community organizations.
4 Strategies to Drive Health-Equity Success
Innovative community-centered partnerships and creative investment strategies can mitigate health disparities that adversely affect excluded or marginalized groups. And many health systems are using these approaches to achieve powerful results, notes a recent NEJM Catalyst analysis.
Exploring the Benefits of Pediatric Mental Health Urgent Care Centers
Across the nation, more and more hospitals and health systems are expanding access to treat the rapidly growing numbers of children and adults in crisis who need mental health services.
Collaboration Drives Community Health Improvements
With the challenges facing resource-stretched hospitals and health systems today, collaboration is needed more than ever to advance community health. Each year, the AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award program recognizes as many as five bright stars in health care for their work to improve community health in collaboration with other community stakeholders.
How to Improve Communications on Generative AI
Two-thirds of consumers think generative AI could reduce extended wait times for physician appointments, notes a recent Deloitte report. Yet despite that optimism, consumer adoption of generative AI for health reasons has remained essentially flat over the past year, with only 37% of respondents using it.
6 Imperatives to Improving Behavioral Health Access
A new AHA Executive Summary, “Regional Networks: Improving Access to Behavioral Health Services,” provides insights for communities that want to improve access to behavioral health services through community partnerships. The report assesses key elements for building and maintaining a successful regional behavioral health network.
3 Keys to Meet Individuals’ Health and Social Needs
UnitedHealthcare launched Community Catalyst, an initiative that includes 23 programs involving collaborations with community-based organizations and health centers. Community Catalyst’s goal will be to close gaps in care and address health equity issues, food insecurity among seniors and the health needs of those in public housing.
Retail Clinics Target Chronic Diseases
Retail health clinics are growing not only in number but in scope of services delivered. But so far, these outlets primarily are located in higher-income communities ringing urban areas with large populations while rural and underserved communities remain largely out of the picture.