Bridges to Health and Healthcare: New solutions to improving access and services

Bridges to Health and Healthcare: New solutions for improving access and services provides a fresh opportunity to improve health outcomes. Healthcare providers will learn to: - Engage and better serve individuals across the economic spectrum – Reduce costs while achieving more successful patient outcomes – Communicate complex medical information more clearly – Design services to account for increasing diversity within communities – Increase effectiveness within successful, patient-centered care initiatives Public health organizations, communities, and governments will learn to: - Reduce the health gap and improve outcomes for all, especially those at risk – Build sustainable neighborhoods and communities coordinated with all stakeholders – Engage all stakeholders in planning new practices for healthier communities – Increase community social capital and cohesion linked to improved population health – Provide collective impact models to drive population research at the community level