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Collaborative Registry

EHF believes that strong, cross-sector collaborative efforts are needed to improve health at the population and community levels; identifying these efforts is one key step toward fostering improved health outcomes. Episcopal Health Foundation’s Collaborative Registry is a database of health-focused coalitions and collaborative efforts located within the foundation’s 81-county service area. This registry serves as a resource for communities and collaboratives alike, fostering cross-sector collaboration in order to improve health outcomes at both population and community … Read more

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Elena Marks: Learn the difference between healthcare and health

In an op/ed in the Houston Chronicle, EHF’s CEO argues that improving #HealthNotJustHealthcare means going beyond the doctor’s office to address the underlying causes of poor health.

Learn the difference between healthcare and health

Health care is a means to an end, and health is that end. There is no inherent value in health care, apart from its impact on health. Because we talk about health care as if it were the same as health, we miss out on opportunities to improve health that fall outside of the health care paradigm. We’re so worried about health care costs that we’ve forgotten to look at health.