AHE Blog

Public benefits can help individuals meet health-related social needs. In partnership with Penn Medicine and Benefits Data Trust, Accelerate Health Equity recently completed a study to determine if emergency rooms are an effective place to intercept patients who may be eligible for financial assistance.

 

A year since our launch, we are excited to share our inaugural annual report on the progress we have made alongside our AHE partners and collaborators. In this report, you’ll learn about our multiple city-wide projects, first series of grant recipients, and pilot programs and initiatives, many of which are housed within individual AHE member institutions.

Our team sat down with Dr. Aditi Vasan, lead investigator on IGNITE Kids, to learn more about the study and how economic and environmental interventions can help children across the city achieve better health outcomes. 

Steven Carson, MHA, BSN, RN — Senior Vice President of Population Health at Temple Health and AHE Steering Committee member — and his team are at the helm of Housing Smart, an innovative initiative changing lives by combatting the cycle of housing insecurity and homelessness in the Temple community. 

In honor of Black Maternal Health Week 2023, learn more about AHE's study focused on understanding what physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers can and need to do to achieve more equitable prenatal care.

During National Nutrition Month, AHE is proud to spotlight PCOM and its work to feed the communities it serves.

Hear from Dr. Kevin Volpp — co-lead of Accelerate Health Equity — about his thoughts on how “food is medicine” relates to heart health, health equity, and his connection to the American Heart Association.