With health care coverage and cuts on the mind of the average American, it’s a continuing workforce shortage that should concern New Yorkers, with unfilled positions straining services from the North ...

Community health workers (CHWs) are trusted frontline public health workers who often function as liaisons or intermediaries between health and social services and the community. Their activities can ...

At Cedars-Sinai Health System, community health workers are addressing patients' social drivers of health and impacting key metrics such as readmissions. Cedars-Sinai Health System is generating ...

Community health workers were integrated into primary care to deliver age-friendly care services to rural older adults. Initial results indicated a reduction in hospitalizations, with positive ...

Community health workers are uniquely suited to help underresourced communities navigate structural barriers and mitigate the ...

The saying “not all heroes wear capes” is certainly true with community health workers. A community health worker (CHW) is a frontline public health worker with lived experience and local knowledge, ...

HOSPITAL, OR EVEN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, YOU’RE OFTEN ASKED TO FILL OUT A SURVEY ABOUT YOUR WELL-BEING. A LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEM IS PROUD OF THE WAY THEY FOLLOW UP. THEY BELIEVE THEIR HUMAN CONNECTIONS ARE ...

Shanon Seymore had given up. Diagnosed with a rare bleeding disorder called von Willebrand disease, she was in constant pain, unable to work, and on the verge of eviction from her Pontiac home.

Michigan’s announcement of $173 million in federal funding to strengthen rural health care is more than a budget headline – it’s a powerful affirmation of what the state has long understood: strong ...

With a law taking effect next month that requires the state Medicaid program and some private health plans to provide reimbursement for services provided by community health workers, supporters of the ...

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