Rachel Sacks, MPH’s Post

🖋️ "As you finalize the year-end package, I urge you to send a strong statement of support for the millions of patients served by health centers by including $5.8 billion for the Community Health Center Fund," writes NACHC President and CEO Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, in a letter to leadership of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The letter outlines policy priorities to ensure that Community Health Centers can continue to provide 1 in 10 Americans with high-quality, affordable care. Read the full letter: https://lnkd.in/eC-Ee_Xs #ValueCHCs #HealthCenters

🤝 Local partnerships are the lifeline of comprehensive care support. They create a network of resources that can address the multifaceted needs of individuals requiring care. 🏥 From my experience, when social care providers, local businesses, and community organizations collaborate, the quality and accessibility of care soar. This synergy ensures that care is not just a service but a community mission. 🌱 Take, for instance, a local clinic partnering with a food bank. Together, they can tackle not just medical issues but also nutritional deficiencies that may hinder a patient's recovery. This holistic approach is vital for comprehensive care. 👥 Encouraging comments and thoughts on this can spark a conversation on how we can strengthen our local care networks. What partnerships have you seen or been a part of that have made a difference in your community? #HealthcarePartnerships #CommunityCare #LocalSupport

Cassie Choi, co-founder of Pair Team, is on a mission to transform healthcare for vulnerable communities. As a former critical care and travel nurse, Cassie saw firsthand the barriers patients face—like understaffing, lack of resources, and socioeconomic challenges. With Pair Team, she’s tackling these issues head-on by supporting community health centres that serve Medicaid patients and the uninsured. From improving access to care to addressing social needs, Cassie and her team are closing healthcare gaps and changing lives in California, New York, and beyond. Watch now to see how they’re making a difference: https://lnkd.in/dpZQVjmi  #HealthcareInnovation #CommunityCare #EquityInHealthcare

🤝 Local partnerships are the lifeline of comprehensive care support. They create a network of resources that can address the multifaceted needs of individuals requiring care. 🏥 From my experience, when social care providers, local businesses, and community organizations collaborate, the quality and accessibility of care soar. This synergy ensures that care is not just a service but a community mission. 🌱 Take, for instance, a local clinic partnering with a food bank. Together, they can tackle not just medical issues but also nutritional deficiencies that may hinder a patient's recovery. This holistic approach is vital for comprehensive care. 👥 Encouraging comments and thoughts on this can spark a conversation on how we can strengthen our local care networks. What partnerships have you seen or been a part of that have made a difference in your community? #HealthcarePartnerships #CommunityCare #LocalSupport

🤝 Local partnerships are the lifeline of comprehensive care support. They create a network of resources that can address the multifaceted needs of individuals requiring care. 🏥 From my experience, when social care providers, local businesses, and community organizations collaborate, the quality and accessibility of care soar. This synergy ensures that care is not just a service but a community mission. 🌱 Take, for instance, a local clinic partnering with a food bank. Together, they can tackle not just medical issues but also nutritional deficiencies that may hinder a patient's recovery. This holistic approach is vital for comprehensive care. 👥 Encouraging comments and thoughts on this can spark a conversation on how we can strengthen our local care networks. What partnerships have you seen or been a part of that have made a difference in your community? #HealthcarePartnerships #CommunityCare #LocalSupport

🤝 Local partnerships are the lifeline of comprehensive care support. They create a network of resources that can address the multifaceted needs of individuals requiring care. 🏥 From my experience, when social care providers, local businesses, and community organizations collaborate, the quality and accessibility of care soar. This synergy ensures that care is not just a service but a community mission. 🌱 Take, for instance, a local clinic partnering with a food bank. Together, they can tackle not just medical issues but also nutritional deficiencies that may hinder a patient's recovery. This holistic approach is vital for comprehensive care. 👥 Encouraging comments and thoughts on this can spark a conversation on how we can strengthen our local care networks. What partnerships have you seen or been a part of that have made a difference in your community? #HealthcarePartnerships #CommunityCare #LocalSupport

By working with partners in health and social care, Oxfordshire patients are spending three fewer days in hospital, on average, than last year. Rachel, from Age UK Oxfordshire is one of those vital cogs in the hospital discharge wheel! As a discharge support worker - funded by Oxfordshire County Council - she visits patients in hospital who may need some additional, non medical, support. And once a patient heads home, Rachel and her colleagues can pay them a visit to help them find community based support to enable them to get back on their feet. It's this joined up, continuity of care, that's supporting people to leave hospital quickly and safely, enabling them to go on to live well and independently within their own communities. Read more about Rachel and the difference she's making on our newspages: https://lnkd.in/e-5arMqs #TeamOxfordshire #OxfordshireWay #DischargeToAssess

As Downing Street responds to the #DarziReview some thoughts on why the devil is in the detail to achieve the 3 "big shifts" that the PM announced at The Kings Fund Conference this week: 1. An analogue to digital shift is more than digitizing records and NHS apps. Digital infrastructure is lacking and lagging in the NHS and its digital readiness is poor. Whole hospitals will need full tech upgrades to even begin thinking about operating in a digital first way. But the issue is deeper. Digital poverty is directly contributing to poor health outcomes. A shift to digital that does not account for this will leave patients behind, entrenching inequalities. #DigitalHealth is no silver bullet. 2. "Hospital to community" must be a true coming together of #health and #socialcare. That means financially supporting pathways for patients back to the community for care and enabling that community care in a long-term way. Right now community care is often left to volunteer and charity organisations, who plug the gaps in ICB and Local Authority healthcare services, but never know when their funding will dry up. It is not sustainable and community healthcare needs to be sustainable. 3. Prevention is a speculate to accumulate approach that the government must adopt, but prevention has to be backed up by preventative care in the community. Again, social care is key. My take home from the #DarziReview is that #healthcare needs more funding, but neglecting #socialcare will mean all future plans will fail. Both need massive infusions of cash to address the avalanche of #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth that have created the poor health of our nation.

📣🌟 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐲! 🏥🚀 Physician shortages weigh on primary care, but here's the game-changer: Policy Advocacy! 📜 ✅ Attract Providers: Loan forgiveness and incentives beckon healthcare heroes to underserved areas, bridging healthcare gaps. ✅ Tax Benefits: Tax incentives sweeten the deal, rewarding those who serve communities in need. ✅ Education Support: Grants and scholarships nurture future providers, ensuring their commitment to the underserved. ✅ Community Clinics: Empowering local clinics means more accessible care for all. 🗣️💡 How can policy advocacy reshape primary care, promoting equity and sustainable healthcare? 💬 #PrimaryCare #HealthcareEquity #PhysicianShortages #PolicyAdvocacy

Community Health First welcomes the Victorian Government’s investment in our healthcare system and acknowledges that community health program funding has not been cut. Despite this, over $8 billion of investment will be used to increase funding to our hospitals rather than addressing the underlying causes of our unsustainable healthcare system. The more we invest in prevention, the healthier our communities become and the less we will need to rely on costly ambulance, emergency, and hospital services. The state budget fails to invest in measures that will make our system more stable, including proven community health programs that will reduce strain on our emergency departments and avoid costly hospital services. At a time when many families are struggling with the cost-of-living, increased investment is needed in Victoria’s community health sector to ensure every person can access the healthcare they need, close to home. Community health is there to provide care to those who need it most, yet our programs have seen no increase in funding despite record population growth. Following the budget this week, Community Health First will renew our calls on Government to invest in ensuring all Victorians have access to the healthcare they need, when and where they need it. It is not too late to put #CommunityHealthFirst! To read our media release, please visit https://lnkd.in/gtrbqtWp.