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It Really Does Take a Village: How Memphis is Fixing Healthcare

The story examines how one Memphis hospital system is using church-based community health workers to improve outcomes in one of the poorest cities in the country. The program has been so successful at lowering costs and keeping patients out of the hospital that it is becoming a nationwide model for care.

Place:

No Award

Year:

  • 2013

Category:

  • Public Health (large)

Affiliation:

Salon.com

Reporter:

Alex Halperin

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