The author said that the merger would eclipse an earlier agreement that Triad had announced with the investment firm CCMP Capital Advisors and the private equity firm GS Capital Partners. Under the terms of the deal, Community Health Systems would take on the burden of existing debt that has ...
However, despite the strong equity justification for CHW programmes in policy discourse, important gaps remain in our understanding of how and to what extent CHWs contribute to reducing disparities in healthcare access and outcomes. In a systematic review of reviews, conducted to inform the latest W...
as adaptation actions that are characterized by a drift from the ordinary status quo, that introduces innovative approaches to governance (in terms of both scale and location), transforming people and institutions, and putting the foundations to long-term systemic changes towards equity and sustainabili...
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Health Equity at the Center Health equity must be at the center of Community Wellness Hubs — when health equity is achieved, all people can thrive. Hubs must focus on addressing the root causes of health inequities. That requires challenging and dismantling the unfairsystems, which include mindse...
19,20 Health literacy can mitigate the adverse impacts of other social determinants.21 Addressing patient-centered factors is therefore crucial for achieving health equity, while ongoing exploration of the biology of cancer and CVD continues. Moreover, integrating SDOH in a geospatial analysis expands ...
This is the eighth in our series of 11 papers on “CHWs at the Dawn of a New Era”. Community health worker (CHW) incentives and remuneration are core issues that affect the performance of individual CHWs and the performance of the overall CHW programme.
Health Equity Provider & Staff Wellbeing Increase Access to Care Better understand and improve access to care for the most vulnerable and highest risk populations, who oftentimes visit multiple providers. Gain wider visibility into patients’ care journeys to ensure patients are connect with the best...
“If people are really wanting to address health equity, that requires changing structures and systems, and no single organization can do that on their own. An ecosystem approach is what we need to change the systems and the structures that are holding the problem in place.”—Executive directo...
About 20–30% of older adults (≥ 65 years old) experience one or more falls each year, and falls are associated with substantial burden to the health care system, individuals, and families from resulting injuries, fractures, and reduced functioning and quality of life. Many interventions for...