Wellness/Preventive Care
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) provides resources for hospitals and health systems to improve wellness for individuals and communities through preventive health care.
Adventist Health Bakersfield is a 254-bed hospital committed to delivering exceptional health care for a service area population of almost 800,000 people. This includes a focus on serving lower-income residents and those who have been historically marginalized.
The Culinary Medicine program combines 鈥渢he joy of cooking with the science of nutrition to help patients, employees and the community achieve optimal health.鈥
According to a 2022 report from the Journal of the American Medical Association, even now, long after the height of the crisis, health care workers鈥 emotional exhaustion is 27% more prevalent than pre-pandemic. The lasting effects of the pandemic on mental health are real, and they are challenging.
In this discussion, Gaurava Agarwal, M.D., vice president and chief wellness executive at Northwestern Medicine and director of faculty wellness at Northwestern University, and Samantha Saggese, physician assistant of nephrology and hypertension at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, explain the鈥
Kristine Olson, M.D., chief wellness officer at Yale New Haven Hospital, discusses how the hospital is working to develop wellness and well-being across the organization and the positive results.
Katie Belle Carmichael's exhibit, 鈥淧ups of Color,鈥 which opened Oct. 15 on the hospital鈥檚 ground floor and was attended by some of the four-footed subjects, features portraits of the hospital鈥檚 therapy dogs who visited her room during her stays.
In this episode, Tiffany Moore Simas, M.D., chair of obstetrics and gynecology at UMass Memorial Health, discusses the concerning prevalence of perinatal depression, and the options available to provide a lifeline for mothers.
Peer recovery specialists at Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital in Massachusetts help patients overcome substance use disorders.
The cancer survivorship program at The Queen鈥檚 Medical Center in Honolulu addresses the many effects that can occur post-cancer by offering comprehensive care and resources.
Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut partners with Get Healthy CT for "Walk & Talk with a Doc," an opportunity on Saturday mornings for community members to walk with YNHH physicians and discuss specific health care topics.