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.
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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.
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Bringing It Home: Home Visits for Population HealthHear how UMass Memorial Health Care tackles environmental factors to reduce asthma-related hospitalizations and school absenteeism.
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Learn how to make your issues count and how to get candidates to listen leading into the November election.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Staff at UMass Memorial Health Care are using idea boards to generate ideas that improve care and cut costs at system hospitals.
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AHA resource developed as part of the Community Connections Initiative
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