work together meharry medical schoolchicago sinai and wayne state university Access to community health workers and care will be expanded
Woonsocket, RI, January 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS ) today announced a new initiative that will address barriers to care in underserved communities across the country. The CVS Healthy Community Equity Alliance is being established to expand the community health workforce, strengthen connections between health care facilities and communities, and address disparities in heart health and mental health outcomes. The alliance is part of the company’s commitment to promoting health equity.
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The first institutions to join the program were meharry medical schoolchicago sinai and wayne state university. CVS Health is providing funding to each agency for locally tailored programs and bringing coalition members together to share best practices and work to integrate lessons learned into the company’s health equity strategy.
Through the power of collaboration, scaling up of evidence-based interventions, and a shared commitment to integrating the voices and lived experiences of community members, the coalition will create innovative solutions that help improve access to healthcare and reduce health disparities.
“The coalition was created to amplify the voices, needs and experiences of local communities as agencies work to remove barriers to equitable care,” said Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, vice president and chief health equity officer, CVS Health. “These collaborations will help us achieve our A health equity strategy and a commitment to making health care accessible to everyone.”
Partnering with Chicago-Sinai to provide health resources to underserved communities
sinai chicago and CVS Health will focus on engaging the community north langdale the neighborhood is chicago. Collaborating, Chicago-Sinai and CVS Health will provide residents with tailored health and social resources to address health disparities, with a focus on heart health and mental health.Sinai chicago It will also recruit residents from local communities to become community health workers through its Block Leaders program. As a community health worker, individuals are trained to connect local residents with important health information and resources while building their career paths in the health care field.
“Our partnership with CVS Health has enabled Chicago-Sinai and our community partners, such as the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council, to lay the groundwork for creating an innovative and transformative approach to health and social issues that helps reduce life expectancy, which poses a challenge to our community members,” said Debra Wesley, director of the Sinai Community Institute. “Our neighborhood leaders from I Am Able’s TR4IM initiative will work as community health workers and provide the tools and skills to enable our community members to Take control of their own health.”
work together meharry medical school Expanding the community health workforce
meharry medical school and CVS Health will work together to recruit and train community health workers, increase the diversity of local clinicians and reduce health disparities in heart health and mental health. Community health workers will partner with faith- or community-based organizations to provide health education and connect historically marginalized communities to health resources. meharry medical school There will also be continuing education programs for healthcare professionals focusing on patient-centered medical homes and sharing strategies on how to work with organizations in medically underserved and rural communities.
“Access to health care is critical to good health and a better quality of life. People living in rural and underserved communities often experience extreme and historic barriers to accessing health care, which in a reasonable health care system considered common and common,” says Pat Matthews-JuarezPh.D., Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation and Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, meharry medical school. “meharry medical school and CVS Health are establishing an apprenticeship pathway for community health workers interested in community care that will strengthen and expand health care delivery to underserved rural communities Tennessee. This collaboration leverages our mission to improve health outcomes for disadvantaged populations while advancing health equity. ”
and wayne state university Expand community engagement and training
and wayne state university The Center for Urban Population Health Equity and Community Knowledge (CHECK-UP) will create a multisectoral community coalition to ensure integration of community voices and coordination of community assets and resources to reduce disparities in heart health and mental health Detroit. The collaboration will also train faculty and community members on best practices for community engagement research and expand opportunities for community health worker workforce skills development.
“We thank CVS Health for this partnership, which will support much-needed initiatives to address Detroit and surrounding areas,” M. Roy Wilsonpresident, wayne state university. “Strengthening community relationships and training community leaders will open grassroots pathways to further our work to improve people’s health Detroit”
For more information on how CVS Health advances health equity, visit CVSHealth.com/HealthEquity.
About CVS Health
CVS Health® is a leading health solutions company, delivering unparalleled healthcare. We reach more people and improve the health of America’s communities through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 dedicated colleagues — including more than 40,000 physicians, pharmacists, nurses and nurse practitioners. We help people improve their health whenever and wherever they need us—whether it’s managing chronic disease, maintaining medication adherence or accessing affordable health and wellness services in the most convenient way. We help people navigate the healthcare system — and their personal healthcare — by improving access, reducing costs and being a trusted partner in every meaningful moment of wellness. We do all of this with our hearts and minds every day. Follow @CVSHealth on social media.
About Meharry Medical College
meharry medical school One of the oldest and largest black academic health science centers in the United States, it is dedicated to educating physicians, dentists, researchers, and health policy experts. Founded in 1876 as the Department of Medicine of Central Tennessee College, Meharry was the first medical school for African Americans in the South. It was chartered separately in 1915. Today, Meharry includes the School of Medicine, Dentistry, Graduate School, and School of Applied Computing Science; and is home to the Meharry Center for Health Policy. These degrees include Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH), Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees. meharry medical school Also publishes the public health journal, Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved.For more information meharry medical schoolvisit MeharryMedicalCollege.com.
About Chicago-Sinai
sinai chicago Is a chicago– Privately based nonprofit organization, including seven member organizations serving the West and Southwest; Mount Sinai Hospital, Hospital of the Holy Cross, Children’s Hospital of Sinai, Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital, Sinai Medical Group, Sinai Community Institute, and City of Sinai Institute of Health. With 4,000 employees, the system has more than 800 physicians among its hospital staff, 654 licensed beds, more than 100,000 emergency patient visits per year and eight physician residency programs. Please visit Sinai.org for more information.
about wayne state university
wayne state university It is one of the preeminent public research universities in the urban environment of the United States.Through its multidisciplinary approach to research and education, and ongoing collaboration with government, industry and other institutions, the University seeks to foster economic growth and improve the city’s quality of life Detroitstatus Michigan and the world. For more information, visit Wayne.edu.
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