Community-based organizations such as area agencies on aging (AAAs) and centers for independent living (CILs) have served for decades as cost-effective, trusted, and proven resources for addressing ...

Public health after the COVID-19 pandemic must transform into a more effective force for improving health, especially in those marginalized communities that are at highest risk. Lessons from the ...

Collaboration between a San Antonio nonprofit and the Metropolitan Health District is bringing fresh produce to convenience stores in "food desert" neighborhoods. The challenges of public health ...

In places like rural El Paso, Texas, community health workers (CHWs) help thousands of underserved individuals obtain the food, housing and medical services they need to survive. They speak the same ...

As the US government distributes some of the most significant investments ever to improve public health, grass-roots organizations that work in underserved communities say they’re being overlooked.

Hospitals across the country are trying to gain a better understanding of the social needs of their patients and cultures that may prevent people from seeking out healthcare before they become ...

Health systems are increasingly turning to big data to drive innovation in their facilities. While innovation can take many forms, one Midwestern health system chose to focus on what it calls “radical ...

My intention in writing these posts is to share the experiences that I went through with my son, starting with the first manifestation of his illness and our journey through numerous subsequent ...

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A University of California, Riverside-led study has found that a community-based health program, ¡Coma, Muévase y Viva! (“Eat ...

In an era when speed, efficiency and turnover have come to dominate the hospital psyche — just watch an episode of “The Pitt” — what role is left for human connection in our clinical toolbox? More ...