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AHA podcast: Focusing on the Social Determinants of Health

President and CEO John Chessare, M.D., shares how GBMC HealthCare began investing in its Baltimore community by specifically focusing on social determinants of health.

Baptist Health’s Food Rx Program

Baptist Health recognizes the financial constraints that many patients face, and, in response, developed the Food Rx Program to provide nonperishable food items to patients who have an immediate need.

Community Investment for Health | Center

Information and resources to help hospitals and health systems use community investment, also called place-based investment, to address housing insecurity and other social determinants of health in their communities.

2022 Accelerating Health Equity Conference

The post-Accelerating Health Equity 2022 Conference page – A time to connect and collaborate to advance community health, well-being, and equity, presented by AHA CHI and IFDHE.
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Societal Factors That Influence Health

AHA presents a framework to support hospitals and health systems and actions they can take at each level (structural, community, personal) to improve health equity. Numerous studies have demonstrated a link between the social determinants of health and key health outcomes. AHA has worked to promote widespread use of ICD-10-CM codes that enable provider to collect data on the social determinants of health.

Accelerating Health Equity Conference: Day 2 highlights

Technology was the topic for the May 17 plenary session discussion between Ivor Horn, M.D., director of health equity and social determinants of health at Google, and Joy A. Lewis, AHA senior vice president for health equity strategies and executive director of IFDHE.

Rebuilding a New Minneapolis: From Tragedy to Transformation

Insights on the national effort to dismantle structural racism and provides resources to advance health equity in hospitals and health systems.

CDC announces grants to address social determinants of health

State, local, territorial and tribal jurisdictions may apply through June 30 for grants of up to $500,000 each for three years to implement interventions to address social determinants of health across four domains: the built environment, community-clinical linkages, food and nutrition security, and social connectedness.

AHA #HealthCareInnovation blog: How ProMedica is improving health in urban and rural communities

ProMedica’s approach to integrating social determinants of health “is designed to offer a helping hand, not a prescribed intervention,” writes the health system’s director of community impact in Michigan.
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Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Proposed Rule for FY 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 4 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2024