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AHA celebrates Community Health Improvement Week
This week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and its Community Health Improvement network honored and celebrated those working to improve the health and well-being
Community Investment: Moving from Transactions to Transformation
Hospitals and health systems are working to address the upstream, root causes of health inequities by making investments to improve the health and well-being of communities for the long-term. This blog explores real-world examples from leaders in the field and insights on how to approach this work.
AHA podcast: Aligning Health Equity and Community Health Goals
At the start of Community Health Improvement Week, the AHA’s Nancy Myers and Chris DeRienzo discuss where community health and equity goals are headed and the driving forces behind the movement to align them.
Chair File: Hospitals Focus on Healthy Communities
June 12–18 is Community Health Improvement Week. This annual recognition week focuses on how people at hospitals, health systems, national organizations and community organizations are working together to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities and advance health equity.
SAVE THE DATE: Community Health Improvement Week 2023
Join AHA Community Health Improvement and hospitals and health systems throughout the country June 12-18 in recognizing the people and organizations that are improving individual and community health and well-being.
Perspective: Advancing the Health of Communities is Central to Every Hospital’s Mission
Two studies released last week during Community Health Improvement Week highlight the tremendous value hospitals provide to benefit their communities.
When Assessing Health Assets and Needs, Employees Are Your ‘First Community’
Building on the success of our previous CHNA process, CHRISTUS Health enhanced the current cycle by partnering with Metopio to include our first systemwide community survey and approaching it through a health equity lens.
Answering the Call through DEI Measures: UnityPoint Health — Trinity’s Story
The strong work and dedication of the diversity and inclusion team at UnityPoint Health, led by their senior vice president of diversity and inclusion, earned them recognition in PRC’s annual client awards. The health system and its community partners have continued their work to address disparities and social determinants of health.
Chair file: Accelerating Health Equity: A Time for Action
One priority for hospitals and health systems is advancing diversity, equity and inclusion. The AHA’s next gathering, the Accelerating Health Equity Conference, May 10–12 in Cleveland, will focus on that topic.
Being Intentional about Health Equity — in Everything We Do
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated health disparities, and the renewed calls for social justice and dismantling structural racism have moved front and center to our community health improvement work.