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AHE 2025

Event Recap: AHE’s 2025 Leadership Dinner

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This summer, Accelerate Health Equity (AHE) convened leaders and key members from across our partner institutions to reflect on our collective accomplishments and welcome new members to the initiative.
AHE Spring 2025 Impact Report Preview

Accelerate Health Equity: Spring 2025 Impact Report

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In our Spring 2025 Impact Report, you will find brand new projects that promote access to care, key research findings that can inform interventions to dismantle inequities in patients’ healthcare journeys, and updates on our grantees who set out to curb gun violence in our city.
T4WP WPHAC 2025

Introducing the West Philadelphia Health Access Coalition

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New partnership between Together for West Philadelphia and Accelerate Health Equity, backed by support from numerous community organizations and health systems, sets out to improve access to healthcare.
Mapping the Progress of AHE's Gun Violence Prevention Grants Program

Mapping the Progress of AHE’s Gun Violence Prevention Grants Program

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From city-wide trauma-informed training videos and centering patient perspectives to new coalitions to prevent gun violence state-wide, the AHE Gun Violence Prevention Grants Program has sparked innovation and garnered support beyond its original framework. Take a look at the status of the program and what's next for each grantee.
Bringing Equity to the Core of Health Care in Philadelphia

APHA Thought Leadership Film Series: How AHE is Bringing Equity to the Core of Health Care in Philadelphia

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Accelerate Health Equity (AHE) was selected to be featured in the American Public Health Association Thought Leadership Film Series, a part of APHA’s 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo.
Bridging the Benefits Enrollment Gap Through Emergency Department Interventions

Bridging the Benefits Enrollment Gap Through Emergency Department Interventions

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Public benefits can help individuals meet health-related social needs. In partnership with Penn Medicine and Benefits Data Trust, Accelerate Health Equity recently completed a study to determine if emergency rooms are an effective place to intercept patients who may be eligible for financial assistance.
AHE 2023 Annual Report

Accelerate Health Equity: 2023 Annual Report

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A year since our launch, we are excited to share our inaugural annual report on the progress we have made alongside our AHE partners and collaborators. In this report, you’ll learn about our multiple city-wide projects, first series of grant recipients, and pilot programs and initiatives, many of which are housed within individual AHE member institutions.