Social Determinants of Health
In Winona, Minn., local leaders responded to their Community Health Needs Assessment findings by organizing a framework for community-based care coordination.
Winona Health and the Winona Wellbeing Collaborative have addressed the fragmentation and silos between local agencies and providers.
A new study indicates that social factors, when built into sepsis readmission models, can help predict which patients are at risk of an unplanned readmission within 30 days.
By pursuing and prioritizing an anchor mission in the community, UMass Memorial works to improve the health and welfare of its community beyond the hospital’s walls, particularly in areas suffering pervasive inequity and social disadvantages.
How UnityPoint Health and its community partners addressed health disparities.
The AHA is providing early financing for a female-led venture capital firm focused on improving health outcomes for women.
Rural hospitals are community strongholds, serving as the key point of care for nearly 20% of Americans.
Includes questions for boards to determine overall strategy and community investment strategies that address societal factors influencing health.
Multi-sectoral collaboration between governments, businesses, non-profit organizations, and people with lived/living experience of poverty has been recognized as a core principle of effective poverty-reduction work since the establishment of Vibrant Communities in 2002. This guide seeks to further…
Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This Transformation Action Planner is for hospitals at Transforming on the Community Collaboration for Solutions…