Elevance Health brings together the concepts of elevate and advance, exemplified by our bold purpose of improving the health of humanity. We are a health company dedicated to making real progress toward improving the health of the people and communities we serve.
Ideas That Explore How to Elevate and Advance Health
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A $90 Million Boost for Health Equity: How Elevance Health Foundation’s Investment Supported Communities to Improve Whole HealthCommunities anchor Elevance Health’s approach to health and complement our focus on serving as a trusted health partner. We work with community-based organizations (CBOs) across the country to improve whole health in the neighborhoods people call home. Although CBOs serve as vital partners in addressing health-related social needs in their communities, they often lack adequate funding.
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A New Way to Measure Health May Be Just What’s Needed to Improve ItMeasuring health usually means blood tests or height and weight measures. But there are other factors, like having a safe place to call home and nutritious food, that have just as much to do with health. How should these be measured?
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Data Identifies Opportunities for Better Maternal HealthcareTwo of the most crucial doctor appointments during pregnancy take place in early pregnancy and again shortly after baby is born. These are the points in time when an obstetrician (OB) or midwife can identify pregnancy concerns and/or obstacles to postpartum care. When data from these important care episodes are combined with data around birth outcomes and whole health needs, an obstetrical care provider can implement changes that may improve pregnancy, birth, and postpartum outcomes.
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A Whole-Health Approach Reduces Emergency Room Use, Improves OutcomesPeople who frequently visit the emergency room often need additional support. Chavon Haley was no exception. Her health plan’s data showed that Haley — a young mother who is blind and has diabetes, kidney disease, and was experiencing homelessness — sought treatment in the emergency room almost weekly.
A Whole Health Story
How Can a Company Like Elevance Health Help Improve Patient Safety in Hospitals?Even though employer-sponsored health plans use value-based care* (VBC) agreements widely, they have limited effect on patient safety unless contracts are explicitly designed to reward it. How can patient safety measures be better integrated into VBC contracts and line up financial incentives with quality performance?
Health Equity
Health equity is about giving everyone the chance to be as healthy as possible. More equitable healthcare is attainable. However, health inequities impact all of us, causing higher illness and death rates and greater financial strain at both community and national levels. It is imperative we overcome these barriers that prevent better health for everyone.
A Health Equity Story
Advancing Health Equity Begins With Defining It
Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This requires removing obstacles to health, such as discrimination and its consequences. Access to nutritious food, accessible housing, good jobs with fair pay, safe environments, and quality healthcare all contribute to health equity.
It also means allocating resources and opportunities according to individual need, while also working to address longstanding biases and societal barriers that have prevented some people from achieving their full potential. We do not use the term “health equality.” It suggests that we give everyone the same resources, whether they need them or not.
