Hospitals & Healthcare Are Public Health.

We Are All Public Health.

Each and every one of us plays an essential role in building a more just, healthy, and thriving world.?Every day this week, PHI will be exploring?how these interwoven roles make up the fabric of public health?with insights from?our 2022 Annual Report. Today, we focus on hospitals and healthcare.

Hospitals & Healthcare are Public Health.

The health of a hospital is dependent on the health of its surrounding community. And the reach of a hospital extends well beyond its front doors. By integrating social determinants of health into healthcare—from affordable housing and prescription produce to behavioral health and racial equity—everyone lives longer, healthier and more equitable lives. See examples of our impact below, and explore the annual report to learn more?→

Addressing Root Causes for Black Birth Equity

In LA, PHI's Cherished Futures?brings together Black patients, birth justice advocates?and healthcare partners to address birth inequities, including the recommendation of a?birth equity designation for hospitals?to disaggregate data to identify racial disparities; update clinical protocols; and foster cultural humility, community power-building and trust-building.?A second Cherished Futures report addressed the impact of structural racism on birth outcomes, recommending culturally rooted patient education and breastfeeding tools, incentivizing birth equity for payers, and long-term efforts to address systemic conditions and reduce stress on Black families.

Youth-Guided Solutions for Substance Use Treatment

Opioid overdose and hospitalization rates are growing fast among teenagers and young adults, yet they have some of the lowest rates of substance use treatment. PHI’s Bridge?established a youth advisory council and worked with youth partners to develop new protocols and procedures for healthcare providers to screen teen patients and connect them with?long-term care and recovery. Empower Watsonville, part of PHI’s California Overdose Prevention Network Accelerator 3.0 program, created a youth-administered survey to design a restorative policy for students who possess drugs or are intoxicated on school campus.

Helping Kids with Cancer Survive—and Thrive

At PHI, the Children’s Oncology Group brings together more than 10,000 experts in childhood cancer at more than 200 institutions. They support clinical research trials that study and determine the underlying biology of childhood cancers, emerging treatments, supportive care and survivorship for more than 90% of all children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer each year. In 2022, the FDA used COG data to determine that brentuximab vedotin was an effective chemotherapy treatment for children with Hodgkin lymphoma and approved the drug—expanding access to this effective medication for pediatric cancer patients. 80% of children with cancer now survive 5 years or more as a result of efforts of the Children’s Oncology Group and its predecessors.

Opioid Treatment Options at Every Opportunity

In 2022, PHI’s Bridge received more than $40 million in new funding from the California Department of Health Care Services to administer the CalBridge Behavioral Health Navigator Program and make addiction treatment accessible to every hospital emergency department in the state. Bridge also trains street-level paramedics to assess and treat patients from an ambulance with buprenorphine, a medication that reduces cravings for opioids and protects against overdose.

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