Population/Community Health
The AHA will host a March 12 webinar on using Z codes to document social determinants of health, a valuable but underused tool for hospitals to improve the health and well-being of their patients and communities.
U.S. life expectancy rose by 0.1 year in 2018 to 78.7, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Among specific improvements, the drug overdose death rate fell by 4.6% overall, to 20.7 per 100,000; and the infant mortality rate fell by 2.3%, to 566.2 per 100,000 live births.
With population health management now central to health care delivery, medical wellness centers have become a vital part of the equation.
Through its Get Healthy, Live Well initiative, the Georgia-based health system has increased the number of community residents adopting healthy behaviors. It has accomplished this by pursuing policy changes, connecting individuals with easy-to access wellness programs and collaborating with local…
The western Michigan-based health system’s Healthier Communities initiative oversees and funds dozens of hands-on programs and partnerships aimed at reducing infant mortality, improving children’s health and helping at-risk adults prevent and self-manage chronic disease.
The Southwest Florida system and its partners are raising health and well-being scores by sponsoring a Blue Zones Project®, a comprehensive prevention approach that helps make healthy choices the easiest choices for people.
Help hospital and health care leaders encourage positive health behaviors in patients and communities.
Nearly 72,600 Americans died from alcohol-related causes in 2017, double the number in 1999, according to a new study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health.
A federal appeals court yesterday denied the administration’s request to reverse a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking a Department of Homeland Security rule that would limit the ability of legal immigrants to adjust or extend their immigration status or gain full citizenship based on their…
Hospitals and health systems are improving the patient experience by understanding implicit bias, preparing for sensitive conversations and addressing other factors that impact this part of the value equation.