A pilot program in rural Oregon engaging community health workers in primary care shows a positive impact on patient ...

Community health workers help people understand medical instructions, keep appointments and address social stressors. As a result, they reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and hospital ...

Community health workers step in before a crisis, helping our neighbors stay on track, stay healthy and stay out of the ...

Community Health Workers (CHWs) are trusted frontline public health workers who often function as liaisons or intermediaries between health and social services and the community. Their activities can ...

The saying “not all heroes wear capes” is certainly true with community health workers. A community health worker (CHW) is a frontline public health worker with lived experience and local knowledge, ...

Regina Gully knows what it’s like to need help and not know where to turn. Now, as a community health worker with Trinity Health, she spends her days making sure others don’t have to feel that way.

AHEC, have any idea what that acronym stands for? Neither did I, but when I got the gist of it, I realized that it offers opportunities for folks that might just open doors along the way. It is the ...

Seven facilities in Tacoma, Spanaway, Puyallup and Lakewood will see labor action.