About Community Care
Conditions in the places where people live, learn, work and play significantly affect their health risks and outcomes. Hospitals recognize and work hard to address these “social determinants of health,” such as housing instability, access to healthy foods and community violence. The community care programs offered by hospitals and their partners aim to reduce disparities in care delivery and health outcomes. However, they may only scratch the surface of deeper social factors affecting individual health outcomes. We need more focused state and federal policies to better address health care risks before they become critical needs.
Culture, Partnerships and Primary Care Improve Inland Empire Health
Overview San Antonio Regional Hospital CEO John Chapman talks with George Greene, president and CEO, HASC, about how he’s turned struggling hospitals around and his deep commitment to improving community health in the Inland Empire. He promotes a transparent, family-like culture in which staff-driven ideas have saved millions and quickly addressed frontline concerns. The conversation […]
Essential Human Trafficking Training – LA
Overview Health care providers may be the first—and sometimes the only—professionals who interact with human trafficking survivors (NCBI/PMC; HEAL Trafficking). When you know what to look for, you can make all the difference for someone. Learn how to identify potential trafficking survivors and offer compassionate care at a special CHA Hollywood Presbyterian session of Essential Human Trafficking Training in […]
Hospitals Exist to Heal and Protect
In recent weeks, troubling reports have been circulating about alleged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity within hospital settings. Some media outlets have gone so far as to suggest that hospital leaders are enabling ICE agents to interfere in medical decisions and patient care. Let me be clear: these reports could not be further […]
Transforming Hospital Operations and Saving Lives with Data
Safeguarding Our Safety Net: The Urgent Need to Support Local Hospitals
HASC Backs L.A. Care’s Call to Protect Medicaid
Collaborating to Improve Health for All in Ventura County
On our latest In the Spotlight podcast, Susan Harrington, president of Communities Lifting Communities, speaks with some of the founders of the Ventura County Community Health Improvement Collaborative (VCCHIC). A collective of Ventura County health-oriented organizations, VCCHIC was formed to streamline community health assessments and to then coordinate strategic interventions to improve health outcomes across […]