America’s Essential Hospitals, whose more than 300 members care for low-income and other marginalized people, today honored 13 member hospitals for outstanding work to improve health care quality and population health and to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
view more »With a keen knowledge of community needs and resources, community health workers can have a powerful influence on health outside hospital walls.
view more »Essential hospitals face the challenge of food insecurity daily; nationwide, they serve more than 10 million patients who lack access to healthy food. Association members UMass Memorial Health Care and Hurley Medical Center shared initiatives to address this issue at a Capitol Hill briefing.
view more »Hear how UMass Memorial Health Care tackles environmental factors to reduce asthma-related hospitalizations and school absenteeism.
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view more »Food Insecurity, Health Equity, and Essential Hospitals
June 29, 2016 ||This brief summarizes the challenges that food-insecure patients face and the measures hospitals can take at the patient, system, and community levels to help improve food security.
view more »Hospital Association Honors Members for Quality, Population Health
June 16, 2016 ||America’s Essential Hospitals, whose members care for the nation’s vulnerable patients, today recognized five member hospitals and health systems with the 2016 Gage Award for outstanding work to improve quality and population health.
view more »Essential Hospitals Combat Opioid Abuse
Feb. 23, 2016 ||Over the past several years, opioid abuse has become a widespread and urgent public health concern in the United States, and essential hospitals are taking steps to prevent misuse and promote better prescription drug management.
view more »Staff at UMass Memorial Health Care are using idea boards to generate ideas that improve care and cut costs at system hospitals.
view more »Members Hospitals Lead Community Violence Prevention
Sept. 10, 2013 ||AHA resource developed as part of the Community Connections Initiative
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