Population/Community Health

Registration is open for the Association for Community Health Improvement National Conference, March 19–21, 2019, in Chicago.
West Baltimore Primary Care Access Collaborative Bon Secours Baltimore Health System | Baltimore As the result of a three-year multi-faceted Maryland state planning effort to address health-related challenges, the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission and Department of Health & Mental…
Community health workers (CHW) are community members who work in the community setting and serve as connectors between health care providers and consumers.
Community Health Worker Case StudiesWest Baltimore Primary Care Access Collaborative, Bon Secours Baltimore Health System | Baltimore
The American Hospital Association and UnidosUS formed an alliance to build healthy, equitable and resilient communities. Both of our organizations understand that it is critical that hospital and health systems’ leadership reflect the growing diversity of their patients and staff – and of our…
Collaborating with community based organizations is more important now than ever. Hospital and health systems across the country are “redefining the H” by looking outside of their four walls to create innovative and sustainable partnerships that ultimately lead to healthier communities. At the…
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice will host a workshop Oct. 17-18 in Washington, D.C., on health system interventions to prevent firearm injury and death.
Also in this roundup of health care news: this year’s flu season will vary based on your location; a health system CEO says a Department of Homeland Security proposed rule could damage public health; news about aspirin’s role in reducing risk of ovarian cancer; and a group of cardiologists formed a…