Community Partnerships

The Living Learning Network (LLN) series of look books showcasing member stories. Including stories from the field and site visits.
Professionals focused on improving community and population health and building partnerships, and those striving to advance diversity and inclusion within hospital management and executive levels recently convened at the third annual AHA Accelerating Health Equity Conference.
Retail health clinics are growing not only in number but in scope of services delivered. But so far, these outlets primarily are located in higher-income communities ringing urban areas with large populations while rural and underserved communities remain largely out of the picture.
Broadlawns Medical Center of Des Moines treats a diverse population of patients, addressing the medical, societal, and behavioral health needs of local citizens – from the greater Des Moines area – serving more than 72,757 patients in fiscal year 2022.
Insights on the national effort to dismantle structural racism and provides resources to advance health equity in hospitals and health systems.
Key takeaways for rural health care organizations in managing a public health crisis. 
Innovative community-centered partnerships and creative investment strategies can mitigate health disparities that adversely affect excluded or marginalized groups. And many health systems are using these approaches to achieve powerful results, notes a recent NEJM Catalyst analysis.
Clinicians, social service providers and community members make up the health care triangle: strong, connective links between the three create the kind of impactful partnerships that drive progress and advance health.
Tracy Duberman, PhD, founder and president of The Leadership Development Group, led participants through an analysis of attributes today’s health care executives need to drive transformational change and the strategic priorities on which they must focus.
Overview of add-on items (workshops & community immersion experiences) that will be available at the 2024 Accelerating Health Equity Conference.