Medical Report: Hospitals should bring care into communities, study suggests

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Two major academic medical centers in Chicago are sending a message about how our major health systems need to change to care for patients.

During the pandemic, leaders at Rush University and the University of Illinois Health System, which serve under-resourced communities, shared resources with the Chicago Department of Public Health. They went into the community, including homeless shelters, to bring vaccines and treatment outside hospital walls.

A new report in the New England Journal of Medicine said this partnership has expanded to numerous areas of health care, and outreach has yielded dramatic results.

The implication is hospital leaders focus beyond their walls to provide services for those who traditionally don’t benefit.

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