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 ...

In this photo taken Wednesday, April 17, 2019, a community health worker prepares to vaccinate children against measles outside of Kuajok, South Sudan. As South Sudan emerges from a five-year civil ...

Community health workers were are the front lines of the COVID pandemic, administering vaccine. They continue to play a vital role in bringing healthcare to people who are underserved. Credit: Cloe ...

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 ...

More than two dozen health care organizations are urging Colorado lawmakers debating the budget to spare a program that they say will save the state money. The Community Health Workers Program helps ...

BIG STONE GAP, Va. (WCYB) — Mountain Empire Community College is set to launch Virginia's first fully online Community Health Worker program this fall, offering a one-semester course designed to train ...

When state leaders, community health worker advocates, and experts come together to implement proven infrastructure and evidence-based program standards, powerful results can occur at scale. Despite ...

One of the most troubling (and costly) challenges facing medical providers is the high rate of expensive, often avoidable readmissions among older patients recently discharged from the hospital. It’s ...

Nolga Valadez knows that her work for Three Square, which provides food to those in need, consists of more than offering sustenance. After a course in bilingual community health worker training, ...