Wellness/Preventive Care
The American Hospital Association (AHA) provides resources for hospitals and health systems to improve wellness for individuals and communities through preventive health care.
Plenty of babies and parents leave the hospital with a few gifts, whether it’s a signature onesie or an extra pack of diapers. But for those leaving University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, the “Readiness Bag” is not just for the body, but for the mind.
The Farmer Angel Network is a support group devoted to suicide prevention in Wisconsin's farming communities.
In this first episode of the new series “Caring for Our Kids,” learn about the Texas Children's Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Program, and the impact it has had on the lives of young cancer patients.
The Guiding Recovery and Creating Empowerment (GRACE) program at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, La., provides nonjudgmental support and resources to women who need help with substance misuse during pregnancy.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sept. 4 published a study in JAMA which found older adults who receive a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine are 75% less likely to be hospitalized from RSV compared to those who don’t.
Benton, Ark.-based Saline Memorial Hospital, in collaboration with Evergreen Healthcare Partners, introduced the StepOne Service, a program designed to support individuals struggling with addiction.
At University of Kentucky’s Albert B. Chandler Hospital, pediatric patients receive a little extra boost, thanks to the legacy of a boy who knew what it was like to spend long days there.
In general, Garden State hospitals are doing something right when it comes to matters of the heart. The risk-adjusted bypass mortality rate in New Jersey declined 43.3% between 1994 and 2020, according to the most recent data available from the state Department of Health.
A new University of Virginia Health System clinic for Parkinson's disease not only offers patients one place where care is coordinated between everyone from neurosurgeons to social workers, but a groundbreaking treatment pioneered at UVA, focused ultrasound, which treats the shaking and rigidity…
Fourteen oncology providers from the University of Vermont Cancer Center and the Fitzpatrick Cancer Center at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital share how they support their own health and well-being, in a recent blog published on the UVM Health Network website.