Population/Community Health

Three of Alaska’s largest hospitals collaborated to open Anchorage’s first medical respite unit and clinic for the homeless.
More and better research is needed to answer the question of whether e-cigarettes have an overall positive or negative impact on public health, according to a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT, today received the 2017 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service for its exceptional efforts to build programs that promote community engagement, job growth and access to quality health care.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., January 23, 2018 – In honor of the exceptional efforts to build programs that promote engagement, job growth and access to quality health care in its community of New Haven, Yale New Haven Hospital is awarded the 2017 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service and…
Interventions can be worthwhile when using actionable data, says Chad Westover, CEO of University of Utah Health Plans in Murray, Utah.  
Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center’s “Beth Greenhouse” is planting the seeds for better health in some of the city’s most food-insecure neighborhoods. The hospital created an urban garden, farmer’s market and a three-acre hydroponic greenhouse that opened last year as part of its community…
The Foster G. McGaw Prize recognizes hospitals that have distinguished themselves through efforts to improve the health and well-being of everyone in their communities.