Social Determinants of Health
Sinai Health System, Chicago
Home visits help asthma patients thrive
Sinai Health System program uses community health workers to help asthma patients live active lives without frequent visits to the ED. The Asthma CarePartners program has reduced asthma symptoms in patients and…
St. Louis Children’s Hospital launched the Healthy Kids Express Asthma Program in 2009 to address the number 1 diagnosis in the St. Louis public school district and number 1 reason for students missing school.
Forty-eight percent of responding hospital and health system leaders indicated their organizations will have implemented a standardized process for gathering social determinants of health data by 2023.
The New Jersey Hospital Association and New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency this week announced a partnership to promote hospital investment in supportive housing in their communities.
Northwell Health, New York State's largest health care provider and private-sector employer, today received the 2018 AHA Quest for Quality Prize for its exemplary achievements in improving and preserving access to care, addressing the social determinants of health and encouraging innovation.
The AHA has joined Aligning for Health, a coalition advocating for federal and state solutions to address the social determinants of health.
In an effort to make care more accessible to its changing community, Washington, D.C.-based Providence Health System will transition out of acute care services by the end of 2018 and will instead offer care coordination, telehealth services and virtual care, primary and urgent care, home care,…
Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health care provider and private-sector employer, will receive the 2018 AHA Quest for Quality Prize on Thursday for its exemplary achievements in improving and preserving access to care, addressing the social determinants of health and encouraging…
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The departments of Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development should work with state and local governments and other concerned entities to increase the supply of permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals.