Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
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Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
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TMC Health’s Commitment to Workplace Safety
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Paths to Recovery Clinic
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In 2023, Parkland Health created a bridge clinic, Paths to Recovery, in response to the growing opioid epidemic impacting their patients. The program provides access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder, with the goals of reducing hospital readmissions and improving overall patient health. The clinic connects patients to long-term care and community resources to support sustained recovery. The program also emphasizes improving treatment adherence and coordinating care across inpatient units, emergency medicine, outpatient services, and community partners. Patients are evaluated by an addiction medicine provider, supported by a multidisciplinary team that includes peer recovery navigators, social workers, psychotherapists, and pharmacists, then connected to community services to address social needs such as housing, employment, education, and nutrition assistance.
By decreasing preventable readmissions and reducing repeat emergency department visits, Paths to Recovery helps lower uncompensated care and generates cost-saving measures for the health system. Learn more here.
Activating Place-Based Partnerships for Equitable Economic Development: Impact Workforce
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Healthcare Anchor Network: Inclusive, Local Hiring & Workforce Development
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Jefferson Workforce Development Program
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The Jefferson Workforce Development Program, facilitated in partnership with the School District of Philadelphia and Esperanza College, aims to address healthcare staffing shortages while creating career pathways for young Philadelphians. Targeting high school students, the program includes clinical shadowing, didactic and skills training, and professional development support. Students gain hands-on experience during school hours at no cost and receive mentorship and resume/interview coaching from Jefferson’s Human Resources team. Upon completion of the program, they are eligible for full-time roles across the Jefferson Health system. Key program benefits include free training, career readiness resources, exposure to real clinical environments, and financial support for essential workforce expenses.
The Clinical Research Professions Workforce Development Program
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Clinical Research Professionals (CRPs) play a vital role in clinical research, offering diverse and growing career opportunities that are often hard to access. To meet the increased demand and improve accessibility, Jefferson launched a Workforce Development Program to train entry-level CRPs and build a more resilient workforce.
Jefferson’s Clinical Research Workforce Development Program hires individuals new to clinical research into paid, entry-level roles, pairing them with mentors and providing progressive, hands-on training. Participants benefit from an extensive education, shadowing opportunities across departments, and a structured pathway to career promotion. Additional perks include a full benefits package, one-on-one mentoring, and access to career guidance and university resources.
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Violence Intervention Program
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The rate of gun violence–related injuries is increasing nationwide and is especially high among youth in Atrium Health’s community. Survivors of gun violence experience significant increases in mental health disorders and high pain, resulting in higher rates of readmissions. Along with adverse effects on survivors, the health system experiences a large financial burden stemming from violent injuries. Atrium Health’s violence intervention program aims to help victims of violent injuries target social determinants of health and make positive life changes to prevent violent injuries.
The program aims to assist patients ages 15–24 years old with violence-related injuries. When patients arrive at the hospital, a violence intervention specialist interviews them to assess social circumstances. The specialist will assist with urgent needs and then create long-term plans for connecting patients with community resources to assist with persistent problems. The program follows patients after discharge for three months or longer if needed. The City of Charlotte is the main partner and funding agency for this program.
Beyond the City of Charlotte, Atrium Health works with numerous internal and external partners. Internally, the program uses tools already created by Atrium Health’s other violence prevention programs, the Domestic Violence Healthcare Project and Carolinas Center for Injury Prevention. Externally, the program often refers patients to the Urban League of Charlotte, an employment assistance program for African American men.
Since January 2022, the program has connected 23 people with job readiness services, employment placement, and secondary education. Patients also sought assistance improving access to housing, food, and clothing.
ZSFG Health Advocates Program
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The health care professionals of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG), in San Francisco, understand health care alone does not necessarily mean good health. Social factors, such as access to food, safe housing, and education impact overall health, as well. ZSFG launched its Health Advocates program in 2013 to improve community health by connecting families with community resources that address their social needs. These needs might otherwise not have been met outside their typical hospital visits. The ZSFG Health Advocates program aims to change how people think about health.
The Health Advocate program is a student and community volunteer–based service group that conducts standardized social and legal needs screenings for patients at the ZSFG health centers for children, women, and families.
The Health Advocates program extends the care of patients and connects them directly to resources that help overcome systemic societal barriers and legal obstacles that impact health and well-being. Through the Health Advocates program, ZSFG improves the quality of life and health outcomes for families.
The ZSFG Health Advocates program connects families with existing benefits programs and external community organizations based on their level of need. The program collaborates with Bay Area Legal Aid as part of the San Francisco Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) to provide legal advice and support to families. Families screened for more complex issues by the health advocates — family mental health issues or complicated legal challenges, for example — are connected with clinical social workers and/or lawyers from the MLP network who can provide professional support and case management.