Archive for April 2024

During National Volunteer Week, Crossroad salutes the dozens of undergraduate and graduate students who generously volunteer their time with our patients. Through the Crossroad Volunteer Internship Program, student interns experience the profound effects poverty has on health care through working one-on-one with patients. Interns serve as case managers and help schedule referral appointments at outside…

Black women are more at risk during pregnancy due to a combination of social, economic and health care factors. In fact, Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women. Multiple factors contribute to these disparities, such as variations in quality health care, underlying chronic conditions, structural racism…

Crossroad proudly celebrated our remarkable health care providers on National Providers Day. Thank you for the outstanding care and compassion you provide to our patients every day of the year! Americans celebrate National Doctors/Providers Day on March 30 each year, honoring the dedication and compassion displayed daily by more than one million physicians providing health…

Crossroad staff took a few minutes the afternoon of April 8 to marvel at the almost total eclipse of the sun in Cincinnati. We were quick to grab this opportunity because a total solar eclipse won’t be visible again from the contiguous U.S. until August 22, 2044, but totality will only occur over North Dakota…