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 ...

Community health workers help people understand medical instructions, keep appointments and address social stressors. As a result, they reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and hospital ...

A pilot program in rural Oregon engaging community health workers in primary care shows a positive impact on patient ...

Michigan’s announcement of $173 million in federal funding to strengthen rural health care is more than a budget headline, argues Dr. Maggie Dante.

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 ...

Shanon Seymore had given up. Diagnosed with a rare bleeding disorder called von Willebrand disease, she was in constant pain, unable to work, and on the verge of eviction from her Pontiac home.

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 ...

Pear Suite, an EHR and care navigation platform for community health workers, has teamed up with Instacart to expand access to healthy foods. The collaboration will enable thousands of community ...