H.I. Ep. 96 - Bridging the Healthcare & Community Gap w/ Rachel Zimmer and Rev. Tembila Covington Healthcare Insights

Rachel Patricia Zimmer, DNP, NP is an assistant professor in implementation science at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Reverend Tembila Covington is the Senior Pastor at Exodus United Baptist Church and a Program Director at Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods, both in Winston-Salem, NC. We discuss social drivers of health factors including access to care, food insecurity, poverty, housing, violence, and how community health workers and food prescriptions can help bridge the gap between healthcare systems and historically underserved communities. Learn more about Rachel at https://school.wakehealth.edu/faculty/z/rachel-patricia-zimmer and Rev. Covington at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tembila-covington-3ab1581b/