NEW YORK - Montefiore Health System in the Bronx has a program that looks beyond medicine to help people. Montefiore screened 200,000 people for social detriments of health, and found at least 20% ...

What is a Community Health Worker (CHW)? A CHW works within a community as a frontline agent of change, helping people navigate the healthcare system, incorporate health behavior change into their ...

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 don’t provide clinical care, but serve as liaisons between the health system and their communities. Community health workers are sometimes called the “boots on the ground” of ...

RWJBarnabas Health, a 14-hospital system based in West Orange, N.J., said Oct. 9 it is widening its community health worker program across its enterprise. The program launched in 2023 to improve ...

Your visit to a health care provider often includes a survey asking patients about life challenges related to housing, food insecurity or safety. Methodist Health System in Omaha takes an extra step ...

Ten years ago, I (Sheringham) was going door-to-door, providing routine health checks, administering vaccinations, and managing cases of HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and other debilitating diseases for ...

Lourdes Bernis, a community health worker who teaches about depression and anxiety, leads a discussion on Latino health issues during a neighborhood association meeting. The state has eliminated an ...

Regina Gully knows what it’s like to need help and not know where to turn. Now, as a community health worker with Trinity Health, she spends her days making sure others don’t have to feel that way.