Hospitals & Health Networks

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A frequently cited statistic in the health equity arena is that 60 percent of health care spending is driven by social factors. During the American Hospital Association Leadership Summit July 27-29 in San Diego, RISHI MANCHANDA,M.D., president of HealthBegins, an organization dedicated to achieving health equity, and the former chief medical officer for a large self-insured employer based in California, will deliver a keynote speech depicting a health care system that addresses.

When leaders at Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas launched a novel program for administering long-term antibiotics to Parkland Memorial Hospital patients, they were seeking to address two problems that vex many provider organizations: disparities in the delivery of health care services and the inappropriate use of health care resources. Kavita Bhavan, M.D., medical director of the Infectious Diseases Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy [OPAT] Clinic at Parkland, says the clinic treats many patients who need intravenous antimicrobial therapy for several weeks to recover from serious infections stemming from illness or injury...

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Chicago has made national headlines for the more than 780 murders last year and the dozens ofhomicides committed already this year. University of Chicago Medicine is now building the only adult Level I trauma center located on the South Side, one of the city's most violence-plagued communities. Spearheading the effort is SELWYN ROGERS JR.,M.D., a Harvard-trained surgeon and public health expert who previously served as chief medical officer with the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

Ladysmith and the surrounding community - Rusk's service area is about 18,000 people - traditionally had good primary care access provided by 10 to 12 physicians in an independent medical group. A few years ago, the group began struggling to recruit physicians to Ladysmith. They said, 'We cannot recruit anybody because of the call burden, you need to have a hospitalist program.' "Oland says. The impact on the hospital was profound. By 2013, six physicians had left the medical group's clinic in the previous two years, forcing Rusk to suspend its obstetrical services...

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