Population/Community Health
In 2013, the Connecticut Multicultural State Partnership, a non-profit health advocacy group, received a federal grant to specifically address racial and ethnic health disparities by increasing the adoption and implementation of the The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically…
This guide provides a framework for hospitals and care systems to stratify patient race, ethnicity and language data and use them to identify and address health care disparities. In the guide you will find sample dashboards and outlined steps.
The guide reports the findings of HRET's review of 300 community health needs assessments, provides strategic considerations for hospital engagement in community health improvement and offers a model of the hospital's role in building a culture of health.
The compendium is a collection of action-oriented resources that can help design and implement strategies that will assist in delivering care that is safe, timely, equitable, effective, efficient and patient-centered.
This brief begins by providing essential background information and describes the regulatory framework through which federal and state policymakers exercise oversight of hospital community benefits. Next, it describes current hospital-reported programs and initiatives that target specific social…
After examining the health care environment, the AHA Board Committee on Performance Improvement released the groundbreaking report, Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future. The report highlights the shift health care providers face when they transform their business and service delivery models…
This guide builds upon prior ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association reports that outline a road map for hospitals and care systems to use as they transition to the second curve of population health.
This AHA/HRET guide explains the value of integrating physical and behavioral health services and the importance of measuring integration efforts.
This brief focuses on updating significant points concerning community health needs assessment and other aspects of community benefit discussed in the earlier briefs, as well as on identifying and exploring more recent developments and emerging issues. Specifically, this brief discusses the…
This guide includes two sections that address collection and use of patient race, ethnicity and language (REAL) data to reduce health care disparities.