Bucking the norm, New York City-based Montefiore has opted to directly employ and embed community health workers within its clinical teams to connect patients with social services as part of broader ...

Here, and at other medical centers across the country, an unsung workforce ensures that all patients have the best possible access to care—community health workers. “Community health workers are ...

Western Nevada College Continuing Education is launching an eight-week Community Health Worker training program beginning Oct. 1. The program provides a low-barrier entry point into the healthcare ...

Cleveland Clinic hopes to nearly triple its community health workers program by the end of 2024. Dr. Thao-Vi Dao, medical director of Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Community Health Workers, said the ...

Walae Hayek of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, Lissette Blondet of the Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers, and Suzanne Curry of Health Care For All testified on ...