Modern Healthcare May 19, 2018
Social scientists know a lot about the root causes of so much of the ill-health in our society, yet healthcare systems have rarely acted on that knowledge. That’s finally starting to change.
Next week, a 2-year-old network of major healthcare systems dedicated to combating the social problems contributing to ill health in their own backyards will go public. They’ve chosen to highlight a San Francisco Bay Area food production center that will be up and running by the end of this year.
Located in Richmond, a working-class community that’s two-thirds Hispanic and African-American, the center will employ about 200 people in what its sponsors promise will be living-wage jobs. Hospitals belonging to Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health and the University of...
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