Annie Thornhill, the Executive Director of American Heart Association, Nashville shares how they’re prioritizing health issues to close the gap in Nashville’s Health Disparities. Q: What is your organization’s mission? To be a relentless force for longer, healthier lives. Q:…
$2,650. According to Medicare, that’s the amount that each enrollee saved in healthcare costs when they took part in the YMCA USA’s Diabetes Prevention Program. Funded by CMS over 3 years, the program more than paid for itself with the…
By: Caroline Young, Executive Director, NashvilleHealth When partners come together, building on years – even decades – of helping Nashville be healthier, we know that we are on to something. That’s the story of NashvilleHealth in 2016, and it’s the…
Nashville, Tenn. (October 18, 2016) – NashvilleHealth – founded in 2015 by Former U.S. Majority Leader Bill Frist to harness the force of community-wide collaboration to improve Nashville’s health outcomes – has announced the appointment of its inaugural 17-member Governing…
CDC Urges Community-Wide Approach to Health NashvilleHealth and the Metro Public Health Department were pleased to recently host John Auerbach, director of policy with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for a candid discussion on reducing Nashville’s hypertension rates. Dr….
