Community Partnerships
Videos of health system leaders sharing how their organizations use community investment to improve health.
Resources to help hospitals and health systems use community investment/place-based investment to address social factors that influence health.
AHA's Population Health team brings together innovations in care to help hospitals improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities.
Thanks to a partnership between Monument Health and the Porter Project, thousands of second-grade students in the Black Hills of South Dakota received a free book — and homework for their parents.
Healthier Northshore is a collaborative initiative led by St. Tammany Health System to improve health outcomes across Louisiana’s Northshore region.
The community health needs assessment (CHNA) process offers hospitals a valuable opportunity to strengthen connections with the communities they serve. Conducted every three years, CHNAs create a structured process for hospitals to partner meaningfully with community stakeholders. Similarly,…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 27 announced the rollout of a 6-year technology-enabled prior authorization program pilot.
AHA podcast: Food as Medicine — How Cleveland Clinic Is Nourishing Community Health
A recent community health needs assessment conducted by Saint Francis Hospital and local organizations in Hartford, Conn., indicated that 26% of Hartford residents have difficulty paying for food and 17% have difficulty paying for housing.
Hospitals are adopting strategies to address societal factors at the community level that impact swaths of the patient population. While health care alone cannot change community circumstances, hospital partnerships with multisector community stakeholders can influence community ecosystems to…