Promoting Healthy Communities
This season鈥檚 flu vaccine has been about 45% effective at preventing flu-related outpatient visits, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Between 2008 and 2017, the share of adults meeting the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans increased from 19.4% to 25.3% among urban residents and from 13.3% to 19.6% among rural residents.
鈥淣o one should expect that the benefits hospitals provide will be the same for every community,鈥 AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack says in a letter to the editor of Modern Helathcare.
Nebraska hospitals contributed nearly $1.27 billion to programs that benefited their communities in 2016.
The prize honors health care organizations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to community service.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., January 23, 2018 鈥 In honor of the exceptional efforts to build programs that promote engagement, job growth and access to quality health care in its community of New Haven, Yale New Haven Hospital is awarded the 2017 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service and鈥
Because food insecurity can risk the well-being and development of a child, Arkansas Children鈥檚 Hospital has developed strategies to assist children and families suffering from it.
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Technology is making it easier for patients and providers to interact, thus improving communication, safety and patient-provider relationships.
More hospitals are offering a variety of health and wellness programs and benefits to their employees. Results show that the percentage of hospitals offering programs remained steady at nearly 90 percent. The number and variety of health and wellness programs and benefits increased over the same鈥