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💜 On this #WorldMentalHealthDay, discover how Children's Hospital of Philadelphia integrates a #psychosocial team into the treatment of every family. 👣 The inspiring story of Amari & Javar, the 32nd set of conjoined twins successfully separated at CHOP, is a beautiful example of this integral approach. Learn more: https://loom.ly/rEkVNRU

As a pediatrician committed to transforming healthcare, I'm inspired by organizations that actively involve communities in designing and delivering health services. One such initiative is the Tubman Center for Health and Freedom in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2020 by Black, Native, and queer community leaders, Tubman Health is dedicated to creating a healthcare model that serves marginalized communities, including Black, Brown, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and low-income individuals. Their mission is to address health and wellness from both systemic and clinical perspectives, practicing medicine at the intersection of health and freedom. At the heart of Tubman Health's current work is the Freedom Clinic, an integrated, multidisciplinary clinic offering comprehensive and culturally relevant care. The clinic provides services like primary care, behavioral health, and traditional healing practices, all within a framework that emphasizes equity, inclusion, and relationship-centered care. This holistic approach reflects their commitment to meeting the unique needs of the communities they serve. In addition to the Freedom Clinic, Tubman Health is also developing the Healing House, a remarkable space in South Seattle co-designed through a 3 year community process. This micro-scale model offers integrative services in a healing environment featuring gardens and community-inspired art. Tubman Health exemplifies the future of healthcare: moving beyond "for the community" to "with the community." By fostering partnerships and actively involving community members in the design and implementation of health services, they are creating a system that is more responsive, inclusive, and effective. Let's continue to support and learn from such models, striving together to build a healthier future for all. #HealthcareInnovation #CommunityHealth #PatientCenteredCare

This is service mindset in action.

We recently added a new company to our health portfolio with an investment in Zócalo Health. Zócalo is a digital healthcare platform that provides Latinos with culturally competent and community-oriented care. Nearly 1-in-5 Latinos are uninsured and 58% say they prefer a Spanish speaking doctor. Co-founders Erik Cardenas and Mariza H. started Zócalo to give the Latino community simpler access to healthcare. The start-up provides patients access to primary care, behavioral health, social services, care coordination, complex care management, and urgent care. The company uses community health workers to engage and build trust with Latino patients and help Medicaid payors—31.4% of Medicaid beneficiaries nationwide identify as Hispanic—better serve a large and underserved demographic. At Acumen America, we are always looking for companies with a specific focus on impact. Zócalo’s vision aligns with our goals to increase access to healthcare for a growing and historically marginalized population by leveraging tech-enabled solutions with a community focus. Zócalo currently operates in Texas, California, and Washington and is looking to expand to more states. Learn more about Zócalo at: https://www.zocalo.health/ 

In partnership with Northwell Health, our Street Medicine Program provides on-the-ground medical services and assessments, medical referrals, and follow-up care for people living unsheltered on Long Island. “Northwell Health believes that housing IS health, which is why our partnership with the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless is so critical. Our collaborative work through the Northwell Street Medicine Program helps us ‘meet people wherever they are,’ providing clinical care to our unhoused community.” -Debbie Salas-Lopez, MD, MPH, FACP, Senior Vice President of Community and Population Health Director, Northwell Health, and LICH Board of Directors Thank you for your amazing work, Northwell Health! We are so proud of this collaboration!

Vitala 🤝 Goodwin Living Goodwin Living, a nonprofit senior living and care organization in Northern Virginia, is dedicated to supporting, honoring, and improving the health and independence of older adults. To make rehabilitation more personalized and accessible, Goodwin Living has been offering Vitala to patients and residents across its three campuses and Home Health program. “We’ve been using Vitala for the past three or four months, it’s highly effective in that it tailors the exercises specifically for the patient’s needs and it gives me confidence as a therapist, knowing that the exercises that it’s prescribing are the best exercises for that patient. It’s been really great to be able to prescribe exercise as medicine to our patients, in addition to the therapy that they’re getting from us.” - Lia Poynor, director of Goodwin Rehabilitation at The View Alexandria. 👉 Read more about our collaboration, patient testimonials, and Goodwin Living’s commitment to Exercise as Medicine: https://lnkd.in/dE4AnDBs #ExerciseAsMedicine #ProactiveCare #HealthyAging #PersonalizedCare #ExerciseForHealth

The notion—“Meet people where they are”—drove most of my work at The University of Texas at Austin: • Traveling to children experiencing homelessness or incarceration as a “street pediatrician” • Providing financial services to low-income patients while they waited in doctors’ offices (StreetCred, Early Bird) • Leveraging video-chat to fight loneliness (Big & Mini) and keep small businesses afloat (Main Street Relief) • Delivering groceries to food-insecure families’ homes (Good Apple) • Taking my students to struggling neighborhoods so they could learn from and partner with folks facing the problems we aimed to solve That concept is just as important to my work now. High-touch, community-driven efforts can transform America’s systems and improve public health. Bravo, Raj Panjabi, Toyin Ajayi, and Luther T Clark for shining light on this crucial way to innovate.

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic broke ground on a new, standalone, state-of-the-art clinic in Aliana, a planned community in unincorporated Fort Bend County. The 54,000-square-foot clinic is projected to open in the fall of 2025 with space for up to 27 providers. Aliana Clinic will be located at 11225 W. Grand Parkway South and will increase access to comprehensive primary and specialty care for adults and children. This will be the fifth Kelsey-Seybold location serving Fort Bend County residents, including patients living and working in Aliana, Pecan Grove, Waterside Estates, Long Meadow Farms, and New Territory. #KelseySeyboldClinic #fortbendcounty #PrimaryCare #SpecialtyCare #AlianaClinic

How do we create conditions for seniors in BC to age with the dignity, autonomy, and kindness we’d want for ourselves? Meet the team on the ground, ensuring that our healthcare professionals and our care system have the tools needed for a big change. This is not your typical research, Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes scientists are bringing their expertise in framing complex concepts, developing relevant measurements, testing quick iterations, and providing meaningful and actionable insights in real-time.  Take a sneak peek at the transformative change happening at Providence Living https://lnkd.in/gShbCDn7 #SeniorsCare #DonateToInnovate #LongTermCare #SystemsTransformation Eldercare Foundation of Vancouver Island Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation Providence Research Island Health

Exciting news from RTP, NC! UNC Health and Duke Health are joining forces to build NC Children's, a comprehensive children's healthcare system with the state's first freestanding children's hospital. This unprecedented partnership promises to be a game-changer, not just for pediatric care, but also for how healthcare organizations can collaborate to conquer the complexities of care delivery, leveraging finite clinical staff and cutting-edge technology to optimize outcomes. https://bit.ly/4aAFNtu