by Molly Miller | Aug 24, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
By Molly Miller The next wave of preventive care is here, and it is manifesting itself in the form of initiatives that take health care directly to patients in an attempt to tear down the barriers to accessing health care services. These initiatives include three main...
by Molly Miller | Aug 19, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
By Molly Miller Of all the innovative methods for improving access to care in urban areas, the one that provides the most bang for your buck is undoubtedly the pop-up clinic. These pop-up clinics rely on volunteer clinicians to provide...
by Tom Peterson | Aug 17, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Resources, Stakeholder Health Stories
By Tom Peterson In 1988, Katherine Freund was set on a new path. That’s when an 84-year-old driver, who should not have been behind the wheel, hit her 3-year old son. The son survived the life-threatening brain injury, is healthy and now in his thirties. But the event...
by Tom Peterson | Aug 10, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
Place of Muslim worship a long-time place of care By Les Gura People in Winston-Salem’s tough neighborhoods know that in an emergency, they can be seen at “Baptist” for free regardless of whether they have legal status and no matter their religion. But...
by Tom Peterson | Jul 2, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
“Will Nebbitt lives on the fifth floor of a new downtown apartment building. From his window, he has a panoramic view of the Los Angeles skyline. He can also see Skid Row, where he spent decades sleeping on the ground.” Thus begins a report from NPR’s...
by Tom Peterson | Jun 19, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
By Tom Peterson Randy Oostra, President and CEO of ProMedica, Toledo, Ohio, is passionate about the role that a good diet has on health. In the monograph A Case to End U.S. Hunger Using Collaboration to Improve Population Health he calls on healthcare system...