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 ...

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 ...

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 (CHWs) are trusted frontline public health workers who often function as liaisons or intermediaries between health and social services and the community. Their activities can ...

75 community health workers are slated to receive training by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and the Arkansas Office of Skills Development, as the institution pushes to boost the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Western Nevada College Continuing Education is launching an eight-week Community Health Worker training program beginning Oct. 1. The program provides a low-barrier entry point into the healthcare ...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institute for Community Health Innovation and the Arkansas Office of Skills Development Training Grant Program have partnered to provide training for 75 ...