Remedy and Root
Systems strategy for whole-person care, community integration, and the future of health care beyond hospital walls.
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The Sidewalk Ends at The Income Line (opens the original)
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Years ago, when I was providing technical assistance to public health departments on maternal and early childhood systems at the National Association of Counties (NACo), a director in Pierce County, Washington, generously took the time to drive me through her community. In the midst of the tour, she stopped the car because she wanted me to see a sidewalk. It ran along a residential street, the way sidewalks do, and then it stopped. Not at an intersection or a construction barrier, though. It sto
Your Community Partner Is Not A Line Item (opens the original)
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Hospital philanthropy is being asked to do more than raise money. In an American Hospital Association (AHA) conversation, Alice Ayres of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy argued that philanthropy is increasingly a strategic function: a source of funding, innovation, community connection, and insight for hospitals and health systems. She makes a compelling point that philanthropy leaders belong at the executive table because they spend time listening to donors, volunteers, and community
Health Care's Biggest Innovation is Hiding In Plain Sight (opens the original)
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Meaningful change rarely starts with legislation. Most often, it starts with people like you and me. In its simplest form, community leaders identify problems, build relationships with the right stakeholders, test solutions, learn what works, and gradually create enough momentum for broader systems to follow. By the time policy catches up, the real work has already been happening on the ground for years. Health care intersects with many of the same challenges community systems have long been wor
When the System I Studied Became the System I Had to Navigate (opens the original)
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Some of society's most important problems have something in common: no single person, organization, or sector can solve them alone.Long before I became a cancer patient, I spent a career helping communities address complex social problems. Whether it was overdose and substance use, maternal health, or early childhood development, the questions always seemed deceptively simple: How do we improve outcomes for our community?I’ve sat in countless local government meetings where leaders from public h
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