Nurses play a vital role in uncovering and addressing patients’ social determinants of health (SDOH), Julia Resnick, the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) senior program manager of strategic initiatives, told nurse leaders during AONL 2021, the annual conference of the American Organization of Nursing Leadership. “Health is more than just healthcare and there is a growing…
Humana’s Bold Goal strategy led to a 6.8 percent decrease in the number of unhealthy days for San Antonio members. A previous version listed 8.6 percent as the figure. Humana has partnered with a technology platform and a group of community-based organizations to address social determinants of health for Medicare Advantage members in San Antonio, Texas. Alamo…
Pairing community health workers with adult inpatients under accountable care organization insurance coverage reduced readmissions and missed appointments with outpatient providers during the first 30 days of discharge, according to a recently published Massachusetts General Hospital study. While these trends were greater among patients who were discharged to short-term rehabilitation, a subgroup analysis found that…
Long discussed, the concept of community health workers has rarely been evaluated in a formal way in terms of its potential effectiveness in communities. Now, a team of healthcare researchers has executed a study on the subject, which was published in the February issue of Health Affairs. The published article, entitled “Evidence-Based Community Health Worker Program Addresses…