U.S. Surgeon General Raises Awareness on Opioid Crisis
The Center for Total Health was honored with a recent visit from Dr. Jerome Adams, the U.S. Surgeon General, who…
Building Healthy Communities Requires All of Us
When multiple institutions across varying sectors work in alignment, we will create better health outcomes for everyone Across California, 15…
Here’s What Happened in May at the Center
If you haven't visited the Center for Total Health recently, May was a busy month with events covering a wide…
Supporting Healthy Communities through Collaboration: The Healthcare Anchor Network
Supporting Healthy Communities through Collaboration: The Healthcare Anchor Network Last December, 40 health systems gathered at the Kaiser Permanente Center…
The Future of Care Delivery
You walk in, verify at a kiosk that you’ve already checked in and paid, plug in your laptop at the…
What Exactly IS the Trail Modeling & Assessment Platform, and Why Do We Care?
Our guest blogger today is Tracy Hadden Loh with the Rails to Trails Conservancy. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a national…
A Q&A with FoodCorps DC
On Monday, the Center for Total Health was delighted to host a meeting for FoodCorps DC. FoodCorps is a national…
Supporting Communities to End an Epidemic
In 2013, Kaiser Permanente announced an initiative to provide support to community organizations whose work it is to improve the health of individuals newly diagnosed with HIV in minority communities disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic.
Seven organizations currently funded by Kaiser Permanente through this initiative are developing innovative approaches to prevent new HIV infections; identifying HIV positive patients sooner, getting them into high quality HIV care sooner and remain in such care.
In light of World AIDS Day, Kyra Nead, senior communications consultant at Kaiser Permanente, sits down with a few representatives of these organizations about the work they are involved in and speaks with Alexandra Caraballo, Manager of Charitable Contributions at Kaiser Permanente about why Kaiser Permanente was interested in creating this initiative.
Check it out below. The transcript for this recording is available after the jump.
A Perfect Storm Brings Health Care, Government and Business Together for a More Sustainable DC
There was a “perfect storm” of activity in the nation’s capital last week, and if you weren’t tuned in closely,…
More on Community Access to Healthy Foods with Elevation DC
On Tuesday, June 24, an panel came together for a discussion about food in our neighborhoods – where it comes…