The AHA Board of Trustees created the Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities. Comprised of 29 hospital and health system leaders and state hospital association CEOs, the task force held meetings, heard from policymakers and conducted field hearings to speak with hospital and…
Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital and Lewis and Clark Behavioral Health Services have opened the new Park Haven Learning and Recovery Center, an 18-bed residential treatment facility designed specifically for women with substance use disorders, including pregnant women and mothers with dependent children…
Rural Kansas has sweeping plains, golden wheat fields, and a sky that stretches as far as the eye can see. What it doesn’t have is what so many other rural areas also are lacking — a sustainable healthcare workforce.
At The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, leaders are expanding access to care beyond the hospital through the Ho‘opili Ola Remote Patient Monitoring program.
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In this special Advancing Health podcast series, hear how rural hospital leaders are turning that commitment into action and finding new possibilities for sustaining maternal care close to home.
Trinity Health Michigan’s The Farm has been connecting healthy eating with better health outcomes for community members since its start in 2010.
What began as a holiday trip to visit grandparents on a church mission in Uruguay turned into a life-threatening medical emergency for 3-year-old Estelle Santiago of Midway, Utah.
Seven independent rural hospitals have joined forces to launch the Kansas High Value Network, a new collaborative organization designed to expand access to care, improve clinical outcomes and reduce operating costs while preserving local governance.
In this conversation, Baligh Yehia, M.D., president of Jefferson Health, shares how the organization is rethinking healthcare access through same-day cancer care, virtual primary care, home-based services, and expanded access to clinical trials.