Community health workers in Massachusetts help families navigate complex systems and advocate for better funding.

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 ...

Implementation of the Individualized Management for Patient-Centered Targets (IMPaCT) program, delivered remotely through a standardized community health worker (CHW) intervention within an integrated ...

Here, and at other medical centers across the country, an unsung workforce ensures that all patients have the best possible access to care—community health workers. “Community health workers are ...

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is improving patient experience and reducing the burden on providers with a new program that recruits and trains reskilled workers. Jefferson’s Community Health ...

Community healthcare workers have been on the job since the 1960s, particularly in rural and low-income areas. Today, their numbers are growing. E+ Getty Images On a recent Monday, Sandy Guzman, a ...

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 ...