Boston Mountain Rural Health partnered with the city of Harrison, Ark., and its special committee on homelessness to address concerns in the city, according to an Aug. 23 report from KSRP.
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The North Carolina Medicaid office launched the first-of-its-kind program in March to encourage people to pursue a healthy lifestyle rather than only paying for care when an individual is sick. However, an Aug. 24 report in North Carolina Health News…
The National Committee for Quality Assurance named Bryan O. Buckley, DrPH, as its new director of health equity initiatives Aug. 23.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a new policy to continue providing government-funded healthcare coverage for about 40,000 low-income adults living in the U.S. illegally, according to an Aug. 22 report from ABC News.
The public health sector needs to provide nurses with resources to more comprehensively address and advocate for health equity, Tarissa Host wrote for the MinnPost Aug. 22.
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Five health equity partnerships reported since Aug. 9:
UCLA launched TechQuity Accelerator, a health tech program aimed at companies providing resources for underserved communities, the Los Angeles Business Journal reported Aug. 22.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing introduced the Thrive clinical pathway Aug. 18 to improve health equity and support those who experience adverse outcomes resulting from complex chronic illnesses, poverty and inequality.
Gilead Sciences plans to collaborate with two academic institutions to reduce inequities in HIV healthcare for Black Americans. The company is teaming with Atlanta-based Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine and the New Orleans-based Center for Minority…
Trillium Community Health Plan partnered with technology company Unite Us to enhance the health plan's ability to collaborate between providers and community-based organizations to provide healthcare services for Oregon Health Plan members.