Promoting Healthy Communities
This season’s flu vaccine has been about 45% effective at preventing flu-related outpatient visits, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Between 2008 and 2017, the share of adults meeting the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans increased from 19.4% to 25.3% among urban residents and from 13.3% to 19.6% among rural residents.
“No one should expect that the benefits hospitals provide will be the same for every community,” AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack says in a letter to the editor of Modern Helathcare.
Nebraska hospitals contributed nearly $1.27 billion to programs that benefited their communities in 2016.
The prize honors health care organizations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to community service.
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…
Because food insecurity can risk the well-being and development of a child, Arkansas Children’s Hospital has developed strategies to assist children and families suffering from it.
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Most Wired Hospitals Use Technology to Partner with Patients on Health
Technology is making it easier for patients and providers to interact, thus improving communication, safety and patient-provider relationships. New tools are helping patients become more actively involved in…