AHA #HealthCareInnovation blog: How ProMedica is improving health in urban and rural communities
ProMedica’s approach to integrating social determinants of health “is designed to offer a helping hand, not a prescribed intervention,” writes the health system’s director of community impact in Michigan, describing “scalable” initiatives in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan to address food insecurity, barriers to health care access and more. READ MORE
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