Advancing Health Equity Through Community Health Workers and Peer Providers: Mounting Evidence and Policy Recommendations
The value of community health workers in advancing health equity.
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Cross-sector Collaboration for Vulnerable Populations Reduces Utilization and Strengthens Community Partnerships
A unique cross-sector partnership involving health care, police, and emergency services improved health care utilization in this rural health system pilot.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation’s Health
Recommendations for integrating social and health care to improve the nation’s health.
Brief/Report
For the Uninsured in Memphis, a Stronger Safety Net
Moving patients out of the ED and into community support.
Case Example
Housing and the Role of Hospitals
Guide for hospitals to address housing instability by understanding the evidence, evaluating different approaches, and exploring case studies of health system-led programs.
Implementation Tool
Changes in Physical Health After Supported Housing: Results from the Collaborative Initiative to End Chronic Homelessness
A permanent supportive housing program did not improve most measures related to physical health for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, but did improve access to and trust in primary care.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Patterns of Collaboration among Health Care and Social Services Providers in Communities with Lower Health Care Utilization and Costs
Community approaches to reducing care utilization and costs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Nourishing Seniors Through Medically Tailored Meals
Insights from experts, recent research, and state case studies offer actionable recommendations for advancing medically tailored meal initiatives to improve outcomes and reduce costs.
Brief/Report
Making Connections: Nationwide Implementation of Video Telehealth Tablets to Address Access Barriers in Veterans
An initiative to distribute tablets to high-need veterans successfully reached individuals with barriers to health care access.
Peer-Reviewed Article
HOUSED BEDS: A Clinical Tool for Taking a History on an Unsheltered Homeless Patient
A tool helps providers capture essential information when interviewing people experiencing unsheltered homelessness to support effective treatment planning.
Implementation Tool
Addressing Health Equity through Health and Housing Partnerships
Strategies for health centers and supportive housing providers to advance health equity by partnering to provide person-centered care.
Implementation Tool
Association Between Receipt of a Medically Tailored Meal Program and Health Care Use
Medically tailored meals significantly reduced admissions to hospitals and nursing homes for people with complex health and social needs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
The ROI Calculator for Partnerships to Address the Social Determinants of Health
A web-based financial tool that helps navigate partnerships between health care organizations and social service organizations.
Implementation Tool
Going Beyond Clinical Care to Reduce Health Care Spending
A regional approach to health care transformation.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Medical Respite for People Experiencing Homelessness: Financial Impacts with Alternative Levels of Medicaid Coverage
A financial analysis projected that hospitals and health plans could achieve cost savings by investing in medical respite programs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Meal Delivery Programs Reduce the Use of Costly Health Care in Dually Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries
Examines how home meal delivery programs show promise for reducing the use of costly health care and decreasing spending for dually eligible individuals.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Investing in Social Services as a Core Strategy for Healthcare Organizations: Developing the Business Case
This resource explains how to invest in social services as a business strategy.
Implementation Tool
Using Community Partnerships to Integrate Health and Social Services for High-Need, High-Cost Patients
This brief describes new ways for health care to address social determinants of health.
Brief/Report
Diffusion of Community Health Workers Within Medicaid Managed Care: A Strategy to Address Social Determinants of Health
New Mexico’s model to deploy community health workers is now replicated in 12 states.
Case Example
Bridging the Silos of Service Delivery for High-Need, High-Cost Individuals
A study of five programs identified key factors that support collaboration among community-based health and social services.
Peer-Reviewed Article
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Cross-Referenced Topics
Populations
Audiences
Content Types
State
Displaying 81 - 100 of 101
Cross-sector Collaboration for Vulnerable Populations Reduces Utilization and Strengthens Community Partnerships
A unique cross-sector partnership involving health care, police, and emergency services improved health care utilization in this rural health system pilot.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation’s Health
Recommendations for integrating social and health care to improve the nation’s health.
Brief/Report
For the Uninsured in Memphis, a Stronger Safety Net
Moving patients out of the ED and into community support.
Case Example
Housing and the Role of Hospitals
Guide for hospitals to address housing instability by understanding the evidence, evaluating different approaches, and exploring case studies of health system-led programs.
Implementation Tool
Changes in Physical Health After Supported Housing: Results from the Collaborative Initiative to End Chronic Homelessness
A permanent supportive housing program did not improve most measures related to physical health for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, but did improve access to and trust in primary care.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Patterns of Collaboration among Health Care and Social Services Providers in Communities with Lower Health Care Utilization and Costs
Community approaches to reducing care utilization and costs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Nourishing Seniors Through Medically Tailored Meals
Insights from experts, recent research, and state case studies offer actionable recommendations for advancing medically tailored meal initiatives to improve outcomes and reduce costs.
Brief/Report
Making Connections: Nationwide Implementation of Video Telehealth Tablets to Address Access Barriers in Veterans
An initiative to distribute tablets to high-need veterans successfully reached individuals with barriers to health care access.
Peer-Reviewed Article
HOUSED BEDS: A Clinical Tool for Taking a History on an Unsheltered Homeless Patient
A tool helps providers capture essential information when interviewing people experiencing unsheltered homelessness to support effective treatment planning.
Implementation Tool
Addressing Health Equity through Health and Housing Partnerships
Strategies for health centers and supportive housing providers to advance health equity by partnering to provide person-centered care.
Implementation Tool
Association Between Receipt of a Medically Tailored Meal Program and Health Care Use
Medically tailored meals significantly reduced admissions to hospitals and nursing homes for people with complex health and social needs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
The ROI Calculator for Partnerships to Address the Social Determinants of Health
A web-based financial tool that helps navigate partnerships between health care organizations and social service organizations.
Implementation Tool
Going Beyond Clinical Care to Reduce Health Care Spending
A regional approach to health care transformation.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Medical Respite for People Experiencing Homelessness: Financial Impacts with Alternative Levels of Medicaid Coverage
A financial analysis projected that hospitals and health plans could achieve cost savings by investing in medical respite programs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Meal Delivery Programs Reduce the Use of Costly Health Care in Dually Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries
Examines how home meal delivery programs show promise for reducing the use of costly health care and decreasing spending for dually eligible individuals.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Investing in Social Services as a Core Strategy for Healthcare Organizations: Developing the Business Case
This resource explains how to invest in social services as a business strategy.
Implementation Tool
Using Community Partnerships to Integrate Health and Social Services for High-Need, High-Cost Patients
This brief describes new ways for health care to address social determinants of health.
Brief/Report
Diffusion of Community Health Workers Within Medicaid Managed Care: A Strategy to Address Social Determinants of Health
New Mexico’s model to deploy community health workers is now replicated in 12 states.
Case Example
Bridging the Silos of Service Delivery for High-Need, High-Cost Individuals
A study of five programs identified key factors that support collaboration among community-based health and social services.
Peer-Reviewed Article