By Catherine Patterson At the de Beaumont Foundation, I have been fortunate to work on the BUILD Health Challenge – a funding collaborative that supports community coalitions between hospitals, public health departments, and community-based nonprofits. Each of the 18 communities is addressing the downstream impacts of disease through upstream interventions that address the root causes [...]
Last night, a mother hurriedly gathered clothes, insurance cards, toys, and medications. She was heading to the ER again because of her daughter's asthma. She was worried about missing work the next day. She was concerned about the number of school days that her daughter had missed. She was not sure what else to do. [...]
By Anthony Brino [Healthcare Finance] With the huge need for community-based services that meet more of a patient's health needs closer to home, a coalition of consultants and philanthropists is backing 18 health systems that are making those a reality. The BUILD Health Challenge, started by the Advisory Board Company, the de Beaumont Foundation, the [...]
By Bernie Monegain [Healthcare IT News] BUILD Health Challenge, an ambitious countrywide healthcare initiative aimed at boosting health across communities, today awarded grants to 18 groundbreaking projects to improve health in low-income areas. The projects were selected on the strengths of their "bold, upstream, integrated, local and data-driven approaches" to address the social and environmental [...]