St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and its parent company, Tenet Healthcare Corp., are to be commended for making a $110 million investment in improving patient outcomes by addressing the social needs of families in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
The undertaking has the potential to drastically change the medical landscape in North Philadelphia by combating violence, hunger, and poverty — scourges that have set up house in urban communities across the country.
St. Christopher's CEO Carolyn Jackson called the effort "the most important investment that's been made in Philadelphia health care in the last 10 or 15 years." The attention is sorely needed in a community where 40 percent of the children, and 63 percent of all residents, live in poverty.
