10 Ways Hospitals Can Improve Healthcare Access
Feel free to wander! See how others are working to improve healthcare access. Let us know what you are doing!
1. Transportation
Hospitals and other groups have developed a myriad of ways to get people where they need to be when they need to be there.
2. Food
To promote health through better eating, hospitals can start inside their own walls and quickly join forces with healthy food efforts in their communities.
3. Mental Health
Removing the barriers to mental health access is key to reaching the millions of Americans who are affected by mental illness every year.
4. Community Partnerships
Includes asset mapping. Create partnerships to inmprove healthcare access.
5. Access for Special Populations
Specialized approaches are often necessary to meet the diverse needs of the populations served
6. FaithHealth Model
It takes all kinds of folks to do the work of FaithHealth, to help bring health to the most vulnerable people.
7. Map Your Own Community Assets
Don’t start with needs, start with assets. The answer to what you community needs is what your community already has!
8. Going Beyond IRS Compliance
Going beyond the required IRS community benefits to become a deeper partner in your community’s health and wellness.
9. Community Investment
Mobilizing healthcare treasury investment to improve health
Bonus: We asked ChatGBT what are 10 ways hospitals can improve healthcare access?
Q: How can hospitals improve healthcare access? Please list 10 ways with a one-sentence explanation.
10. Join the Stakeholder Conversation!
The best work is done by those who find joy and meaning in building systems that provide mercy and justice. Stakeholder Health is that community. join with us!
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