Population/Community Health
This is a list of past winners of the the AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award, which recognizes outstanding collaboration by hospitals and health systems for healthier communities. The award honors American Hospital Association members who: Improve community health status whether through health care,…
To help address social determinants of health, Cleveland-based MetroHealth opened the Institute for H.O.P.E. (Health, Opportunity, Partnership and Empowerment) to serve the local neighborhood and patients with resources such as computer and financial literacy training, a food pantry, legal…
We must all prepare ourselves to make care better and friendlier for older adults, and the Age-Friendly Action Community is a great step in that direction.
NASEM will hold a public workshop Sept. 19 on population health improvement models.
Each year, the American Hospital Association honors as many as five programs led by AHA-member hospitals as “bright stars of the health care field.” Winners are recognized for their work to improve community health status in collaboration with other community stakeholders.
The AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award recognizes outstanding collaboration by hospitals and health systems for healthier communities. The award honors American Hospital Association members who: Improve community health status whether through health care, economic or social initiatives; and are…
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a new antibiotic to treat adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
Infants may be 4% to 147% more likely to be admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit if their mothers were exposed to high levels of air pollution the week before they were born, depending on the type of pollution.
Death rates for U.S. adults aged 25-44 increased 21% for black and white adults and 13% for Hispanic adults between 2012 and 2017, after declining since 2000.
Five Collaborative Programs Win 2019 AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award