Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities
AHA鈥檚 Telling the Hospital Story webpage highlights the countless ways care providers are changing peoples鈥 lives for the better each and every day.
In this conversation, Jennifer Richards, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Jennifer Crawford, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, discuss the鈥
To reach the many rural and underserved communities in Mississippi, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) created its Center for Telehealth in 2003. Initially, the Center only provided specialized care and other public health services.
In this conversation, Kimberly Wozneak, national lead for Age-Friendly Health Systems, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses how the VHA is weaving four foundational age-friendly principles into its care to support the growing number of aging veterans.
In observation of Veterans Day, Steve Schwab, CEO of the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, and Kara Walker, M.D., executive vice president and chief population health officer at Nemours Children鈥檚 Health, discuss how hospitals and health systems can meet the special health care needs for families who鈥
Barbara Bush Children鈥檚 Hospital, part of MaineHealth, is working to ensure children have access to quality oral health care, even before a child gets their first tooth.
In this conversation, Johnna Nynas, M.D., OB/GYN at Sanford Health Bemidji, discusses the dramatic expansion of maternal telehealth capabilities in Minnesota.
Residents of Snohomish Country, Wash., now have a new space for comprehensive rehabilitative care 鈥 which, as a result, opens crucial bedspace for non-rehab patients.
In this conversation, Jennifer Cohen, M.D., medical director of the Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit at Children鈥檚 Hospital of Philadelphia, King of Prussia, and Katie Costantini, director of maternal care services at Chester County Hospital, discuss the barriers that can affect maternal care in鈥