Access to Healthy Food
In 2025, 18 Kansas hospitals and health systems participated in a listenting session conducted in partnership with the Kansas Hospital Association and the Kansas Health Institute to explore how hospitals are working to improve access to healthy foods for the patients and communities they serve. Hospitals also shared opportunities, challenges and strategies, as well as resources and policy changes that could help support and strengthen their work addressing access to healthy foods. Read the issue brief below to learn more about the work happening across rural Kansas.
Access to Healthy Food Issue Brief
Transportation Issues in Rural Kansas
In 2020, the Kansas Office of Primary Care and Rural Health at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Healthworks launched a project to learn more about community perspectives about the impact of transportation issues on the health of Kansans. Key partners included the Kansas Hospital Association, Wichita State University Community Engagement Institute and the Kansas Health Institute.
Population Health
Kansas hospitals are an integral part of the health care system, essential to vibrant communities across our state. While hospitals provide care 24 hours per day, every day of the year, they also are increasingly focused on improving the health of their communities beyond the hospitals’ walls. Read more to see population health efforts of Kansas hospitals.