Social Determinants of Health

In this conversation, Gabriela Jimenez Thompson, program lead of Our Story Begins at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, and Liliana Escobar, R.N., NICU head nurse at Bellevue Hospital Center, share how the Our Story Begins program uses books, reading, language and nurse education to strengthen NICU…
In this conversation, Nancy Correa, DrPH, director of population health at Texas Children's Hospital, and Beth Van Horne, DrPH, director of research for the Division of Public Health Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, discuss the upSTART program, a comprehensive initiative that combines…
In this conversation, Ryane Jackson, vice president of Community Health Network at Memorial Hermann Health System, explains how the system is creating seamless connections between clinical care and community resources to improve long-term health outcomes.
The Social Security Administration today announced actions to help parents enroll newborns in Trump Accounts, which are investment accounts for children under age 18 established by the July 2025 reconciliation bill. The agency said that next week it will begin updating guidance…
Marc Boom is joined by Donna Lynne, CEO of Denver Health, an academic medical center that also serves as the primary safety-net health system in Colorado to discuss how Denver Health’s team is intentional and strategic when working with local partners and offering a variety of healthcare services…
Join AHA’s Board Chair Marc Boom, M.D., for Leadership Dialogue as he discusses key issues with hospitals colleagues from across the country. Watch the video and listen to the podcasts. New videos will post the last Monday of each month.
Marc Boom, M.D., speaks with Donna Lynne, CEO of Denver Health, about how one of the nation's leading safety-net health systems is improving health outcomes by addressing housing insecurity, food access, behavioral health and other social drivers of health.
A state-funded program for the unhoused at Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey, has transformed a once informal overnight drop-in situation into a structured pathway to shelter, services and lasting stability.