Population/Community Health

Registration is open for the Association for Community Health Improvement National Conference, March 19鈥21, 2019, in Chicago.
West Baltimore Primary Care Access Collaborative Bon Secours Baltimore Health System | Baltimore As the result of a three-year multi-faceted Maryland state planning effort to address health-related challenges, the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission and Department of Health & Mental鈥
Community health workers (CHW) are community members who work in the community setting and serve as connectors between health care providers and consumers.
Community Health Worker Case StudiesWest Baltimore Primary Care Access Collaborative, Bon Secours Baltimore Health System | Baltimore
The 黑料正能量 Association and UnidosUS formed an alliance to build healthy, equitable and resilient communities. Both of our organizations understand that it is critical that hospital and health systems鈥 leadership reflect the growing diversity of their patients and staff 鈥 and of our鈥
Collaborating with community based organizations is more important now than ever. Hospital and health systems across the country are 鈥渞edefining the H鈥 by looking outside of their four walls to create innovative and sustainable partnerships that ultimately lead to healthier communities. At the鈥
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice will host a workshop Oct. 17-18 in Washington, D.C., on health system interventions to prevent firearm injury and death.
Also in this roundup of health care news: this year鈥檚 flu season will vary based on your location; a health system CEO says a Department of Homeland Security proposed rule could damage public health; news about aspirin鈥檚 role in reducing risk of ovarian cancer; and a group of cardiologists formed a鈥