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The 300 members of America’s Essential Hospitals provide services vital to the health of their communities. But they recognize that the health of a … See more

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Essential Communities

WEBAmerica's Essential Hospitals. is gathering resources and promising practices to support essential hospitals and their partners in advancing population health. This site provides …

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Essential Communities Program Map

WEBLearn how essential hospitals around the country are implementing population health initiatives. The programs represented in this interactive map address social determinants …

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Essential Communities Essential Communities in Action

WEBThe videos below highlight five population health programs from across the country that are reaching beyond hospital walls to understand the social determinants of health and …

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Population Health Pledge for Essential Hospital CEOs

WEBAmerica’s Essential Hospitals is dedicated to helping hospitals and health systems improve population health in their communities. Improving population health means working …

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Essential Communities Resource Library

WEBIntimate partner violence (IPV) increases risk of pregnancy complications and poor health for moms and babies. This resource created by the National Partnership for Women & …

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Essential Communities Mobile Medicine Program

WEBDiabetes Prevention Program. By aoguagha | Categories: | Comments Off on Diabetes Prevention Program More than one-third of Rhode Islanders are prediabetic. In 2017, …

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Essential Communities Beyond Barriers

WEBBeyond Barriers. By Amanda Jepson | Categories: | Comments Off on Beyond Barriers After discovering significant disparities in age expectancy from zip codes only 16 miles …

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Operational Guide to Identify, Understand, and Treat High …

WEBOverview of this Operational Guide This guide features open-source implementation tools which could be customized, and used to support other health system’s efforts to identify, …

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AGLH Self-Assessment Tool 2017

WEBThis section examines progress to date in the development of data systems and the use of metrics that support strategies to improve health care quality, reduce health care costs, …

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Essential Communities Hurley Medical Center Food FARMacy

WEBAfter reviewing other hospital programs which address social determinants of health (via America’s Essentials Hospitals and Advisory Board), Administrator of Population Health, …

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Essential Communities Housing is Health

WEBCentral City Concern (CCC) responded to Portland’s crisis in housing and homelessness with the Housing is Health campaign, initiated by CCC’s executive director and health …

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Essential Communities Sustainability Program

WEBSustainability Program. By Amanda Jepson | Categories: | Comments Off on Sustainability Program University of California (UC) Davis Health recognizes the importance of …

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Essential Communities Vita Health and Wellness District

WEBIn 2000, Stamford Hospital (SH) partnered with Charter Oak Communities (COC) to expand and redevelop their respective real estate holdings on Stamford’s West Side. The 2013 …

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Essential Communities Food as Medicine

WEBCuyahoga County, home to The MetroHealth System, ranks highest in Ohio for the greatest number of food insecure adults and children. To impact health outcomes for patients …

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Essential Communities Henry’s Groceries for Health

WEBThe program launched in the three clinics on 11/15/17. As of 1/8/18, 575 patients have been assessed, of which 118 (20.5%) have been identified as food insecure. Some of these …

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Essential Communities Harbor Place

WEBAfter leaving Harbor Place the group required 46 inpatient admissions at an average cost of $7,105, with a total cost of $326,000. Overall, there was an 82% reduction in the total …

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Essential Communities Health Equity Accelerator

WEBHealth Equity Accelerator. By Amanda Jepson | Categories: | Comments Off on Health Equity Accelerator The Health Equity Accelerator at Boston Medical Center (BMC) …

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Essential Communities Mobile Medicine Program

WEBMobile Medicine Program. By Amanda Jepson | Categories: | Comments Off on Mobile Medicine Program Atrium Health launched two Mobile Medicine programs to improve …

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Screening for Social Determinants in Primary Care

WEBThis program originally started at a retreat held by the Ambulatory Care Department at Lincoln Hospital. The hospital formed a workgroup with the goal of developing a social …

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Essential Communities Lincoln-West School of Science & Health

WEBMetroHealth leadership wanted to develop a program that would help local high school students realize a more promising future. In September 2016, the Lincoln-West School …

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