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Hospitals Working as Valued Partners in Advancing Healthy Communities

Hospitals and health systems have a long history of leading initiatives that improve individual and community health.
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Tackling Diabetes and Health Inequities

The statistics are staggering: The number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes has risen from 1.5 million in 1958 to 18.8 million in 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio
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Identify then Empower Diabetes Patients

Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives.
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Chair File: Together We Can Do So Much to Improve Community Health

This week is Community Health Improvement Week, a time to celebrate people and organizations working to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities and accelerate health equity.
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Healing Wounds for Diabetic Care

For people with diabetes, getting the proper treatment for foot wounds can prevent lingering problems and even amputation.
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Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Harnessing the Power of AI in Health Care with Janice Nevin, M.D., of ChristianaCare

Joining me for the first dialogue in 2024 is Janice Nevin, M.D., president and CEO of ChristianaCare, based in Wilmington, Del., and a former member of the AHA Board of Trustees.
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Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Addressing the Behavioral Health Crisis with Jesse Tamplen of John Muir Health

On this episode, I talk with Jesse Tamplen, vice president of behavioral health services at John Muir Health, located east of San Francisco, and a member of the AHA Committee on Behavioral Health.
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Chair File: Bridging the Sectors to Improve Health of Individuals and Communities

Hospital and health system teams today not only are caring for one patient at a time but also improving the health of their communities.
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Chair File: Creative Collaborations That Promote Healthy Families and Communities

The work that hospitals and health systems are doing to improve the overall health of their communities is just as important as the work to treat injuries and diseases.
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Chair File: Addressing the Epidemic of Loneliness in Our Communities

Earlier this year, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., released the publication “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community”