Rush Health Equity

This week, we celebrate the incredible contributions of community health workers like Ebony, who bridge the gap between our communities and health care resources. Their efforts make health care navigation accessible, ensuring everyone has the #ChanceToBeHealthy.

🎧 Tune in! John Rich, MD, and Ted Corbin, MD, MPP, FACEP, speak about the far-reaching impacts of violence and how we can build safer communities with Sasha-Ann Simons on WBEZ Chicago. .#HealthEquity

Proud that Rush University System for Health is asking the question, "Who gets the chance to be healthy?" https://lnkd.in/g-reGpwC

Rush University Medical Center, along with partners The Common Market Great Lakes, a nonprofit local food distributor, and ChiFresh Kitchen, a cooperatively owned catering company based on the South Side of Chicago, is uncovering new ways to enhance food access and nutritional well-being in the Chicago metro. The Chicago Region Food System Fund fueled the engagement, awarding the partners an initial grant of $100,000 to support the purchase, incorporation, and delivery of locally sourced ingredients through medically tailored meals (MTM). These meals will be provided to homebound older adults and patients enrolled in the Rush@Home primary care house call program, which operates in Chicago’s West Side. This pilot program, which introduces a unique approach to food distribution and MTMs, aims to serve approximately 60 patients experiencing food insecurity, many of whom are managing chronic conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. The pilot commenced with its first delivery on July 22 and will continue through September 2024. Julia S. Bassett, director of the Food Is Medicine – Veggie Rx program at Rush says the partnership will pave the way for new ideas for improving public health: “We are not only bringing wholesome, local food to the doorsteps of those in need but also uncovering innovative ways to support our community's health.” Continue reading at the comment below! #Partnerships #MedicallyTailoredMeals #FoodIsHealth #FoodIsMedicine #healthequity #Chicago Rush Health Equity I Eliana Pinilla-Ryhal

Rush University Medical Center community health workers help ensure that more people get the chance to be healthy. Yessenia Cervantes-Vazquez is a lead community health worker and facilitates a chronic disease self-management program for Spanish speaking communities. In honor of national CHW Awareness Week, we celebrate her work and the work of community health workers around the nation. #NCHWAW2024 #CommunityHealth #HealthEquity

If you’ve driven by Rush lately, you may have noticed a new sign on the Joan and Paul Rubschlager Tower. We’re asking one important question — in a big way: Who gets the chance to be healthy? Learn more and see how we’re answering this question at https://rsh.md/3MfSCOv.

Thank you Health Tech Magazines for the opportunity to share Rush University Medical Center commitment to our anchor mission and the role of incorporating health equity into our digital strategy and health system partnerships. As a health system committed to closing the #lifeexpectancygap seen in our city, it is imperative that health equity is integrated deeply across our health system strategy. That’s why at Rush when we talk about who gets the #chancetobehealthy? The answer is simple-we believe everyone does. A model leading the way for all academic medical centers. A testament to David Ansell Paul Casey and John Rich leadership. #digitalequity #socialdeterminantsofhealth #acoreach #nuna https://lnkd.in/gRrx6Xdn

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Thrilled to share that John Rich, MD,MPH, director of the RUSH BMO Institute for Health Equity at Rush University Medical Center, has been selected for Modern Healthcare’s 2024 Class of Diversity Leaders in Health Care. Rich is recognized for his transformative leadership in advancing health equity and addressing disparities in health care access and outcomes. Steans Family Foundation #HealthEquity #InclusiveLeadership