Population/Community Health
Nearly 40% of Rhode Island households are food insecure, according to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and other sources. Providence VA Medical Center is working to meet the needs of veterans who are food insecure, including homeless veterans.
Venita Owens, president of Baylor Scott & White Health and Wellness Center, and Andrea Hayes, manager of marketing and public relations for Baylor Scott & White, discuss how medical care, nutrition, education and fitness are coming together to support underserved populations in Dallas.
Early-bird registration rates for the AHA’s Healthier Together Conference end March 31. This inaugural conference on community health, care delivery transformation and reducing disparities in health outcomes will be held May 12-14 in Dallas. Visit the conference…
In this Advancing Health encore episode, Duke University's Anna Tharakan, lead project manager on Closing the Gap on Hypertension Disparities, and Bradi Granger, Ph.D., research professor at Duke University School of Nursing and director of the Duke Heart Center Nursing Research Program, discuss…
The Foster G. McGaw Prize recognizes hospitals that have distinguished themselves through efforts to improve the health and well-being of everyone in their communities.
In this conversation, Doug Brown, partner with Manatt Health and current chair of the American Hospital Association's Foster G. McGaw Prize Committee, discusses how hospitals are tackling food insecurity, workforce development, safe neighborhoods, and other social drivers of health.
Medicare pays most acute care hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Some of these hospitals receive additional support from Medicare to help address potential financial challenges associated with being rural, geographically isolated and low volume. These programs are Low-…
To effectively serve communities in crisis, hospitals and health systems must adopt a larger scale, population-based approach to behavioral health.
Mass General Brigham is investing $9 million through its Community Health Impact Funds to address rising food insecurity in Boston and the surrounding cities of Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop.
The in-person workshops provide attendees with the opportunity to generate relevant solutions for their work by engaging in interactive activities.