Population/Community Health
Hospitals and health systems investing in housing helps control costs while also ensuring that discharged patients have a safe and clean place to sleep each night, writes Jay Bhatt, D.O., AHA senior vice president and chief medical officer.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently awarded its 2019 Culture of Health Prize to five communities for their commitment to improving health for all residents.
Hospitals and health systems are improving health outcomes by tackling disparities in their communities, write Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s The Value Initiative, and Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.
Humana Chief Medical Officer William Shrank, M.D., speaks with Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s The Value Initiative, about his experiences with the insurer’s five-year initiative to improve the health of the communities it serves.
Robyn Begley, AHA senior vice president and chief nursing officer and CEO of its American Organization for Nursing Leadership, spotlights hospital and health system efforts to improve outcomes for mothers and babies and previews AHA’s Executive Forum on accelerating the momentum.
A total of 2,291 patients have been hospitalized for vaping-associated lung injuries in the states, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, and 48 people have died from the condition.
About 1 in 3 high school students and 1 in 8 middle school students used tobacco products in 2019, according to the latest annual National Youth Tobacco Survey.
U.S. life expectancy increased by almost 10 years between 1959 and 2016, but the increase slowed before reversing in 2014 as deaths from drug overdoses, suicides and various organ system diseases rose among working-age adults.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved an antibacterial drug to treat adults with complicated urinary tract infections.
The CDC yesterday updated the number of people with confirmed or probable lung injuries associated with electronic cigarette use or vaping products to 2,172 in 49 states.