Communities served by essential hospitals experience a disproportionate prevalence of transportation barriers. This challenge creates an opportunity for essential hospitals, in conjunction with state policy levers, to help mitigate such barriers.

Each video spotlights a unique community program at an essential hospital dedicated to a specific social determinant of health.

Essential Hospitals Institute seeks to partner with member hospitals that launched programs to adapt to climate change and improve community health.

Interpersonal violence is considered a social determinant of health; several association members have worked to reduce such violence as part of community-integrated health care.

A new website launched by Essential Hospitals Institute can help hospitals evaluate their community’s greatest needs to determine where population health efforts will be most valuable.

Boston Medical Center’s contribution will help finance new housing, retail, and job creation in neighborhoods where its patients live and work.

The campaign focuses on improving health equity, while acknowledging that environment and social factors play a large role in determining health outcomes.

Essential hospitals can turn to a new resource for prescribing physical activity and time outdoors: Park Rx, or Park Prescriptions.

This project, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will help essential hospitals develop, implement, and evaluate population health programs, overcome barriers, and collaborate with community partners.

As a high priority for America’s Essential Hospitals, meeting patients’ social needs highlighted many educational sessions at VITAL2016, the association's annual meeting.

Updated: Annals of Surgery article covering the impact of patient socioeconomic status on operative mortality.

Whether as part of community benefit requirements or in addressing the social determinants of health, hospitals can engage in community development initiatives to encourage health improvements beyond the hospital walls.

Association researcher concludes web series by describing the web-like effect of social factors on health and treatment

Association researcher Janelle Schrag explores insights from APHA's annual meeting, which targeted neighborhood factors as important health indicators.

A recent Health Affairs article explores how Hennepin Health uses ACO savings from decreased ED visits, better primary care to help the homeless, mentally ill.

This literature review explores how social connections impact health outcomes and overutilization and offers responsive strategies by essential hospitals.

The social determinants of health are a critical topic for essential hospital providers - learn more from this avid researcher's perspective.