Cardiologist Dr. Jesse Adams, right, fields medical questions at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville in mid-August. KentuckyOne Health, the state’s largest health system, set up shop at the fair to offer education and health screenings.

Phyllis Caywood, right, has her blood pressure and cholesterol checked at the Kentucky State Fair. The screenings at the fair provide a convenient way to check that her test results are where they should be, in between her visits to a doctor's office. She appreciates the ease of having the KentuckyOne Health screenings available on the fair grounds.

Nurse Lisa Curry, right, takes a client's blood pressure and talks with him about a recent doctor's visit. Curry, right, provides health information monthly at a soup kitchen located in northeast Philadelphia, where she works with homeless and underserved people. Curry is the community outreach manager at Nazareth Hospital in Philadelphia.

St. Joseph Healthcare and St. Joseph School of Nursing employees, working with the NH Minorities Coalition, held a free clinic at New Fellowship Baptist Church for clients of the nearby C.O.R.E. food pantry in Nashua, N.H. About 100 community members stopped by the "Caring Beyond Our Borders" event in June. They offered screenings including BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose blood draws and education about diabetes, cholesterol and healthy eating.

Nurses, left to right, Ashley Donovan, Amanda Berube, Glory Wabe and Director of Clinical Resources for St. Joseph Healthcare Donna Roe provide screenings and education at the "Caring Beyond Our Borders" free clinic offered this summer at New Fellowship Baptist Church in Nashua, N.H.

Tai Chi professional Kyle Beach, left, with the Chippewa Valley Family YMCA practices the art with about 30 people who attended the St. Joseph’s Hospital’s GO Walk – An Evening in Irvine Park event in Chippewa Falls, Wis., in September. The hospital coordinated the event which included a 30-minute walk and health and nutrition education.

Rachel Funk-Johnson, Chippewa Valley Family YMCA trainer, right, demonstrates walking lunges during the GO Walk – An Evening in Irvine Park event in Chippewa Falls, Wis. St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls coordinates the exercise event which included a hospital dietitian speaking about healthy snacks, a Tai Chi instructor providing a warm-up and Chippewa Health Improvement Partnership educating about sweetened beverages.

O'Connor Hospital nurses Judith Tadina, center, and Mary Anne Taparan, right, provide a health screening to a businessman at the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce Networking Mixer hosted by O’Connor Hospital in September. Photo credit: AJ Photo Video & Graphics

Licensed practical nurse Terri Gursky demonstrates on Mercy volunteer Sally Larke how flu shots will be administered at Mercy Medical Center's drive-in flu clinic on Oct. 23 in the parking lot of its Mercy Homecare location in North Canton, Ohio. Participants don't even have to get out of their cars to get a flu shot.

Community health workers Terese Evans, left, an Americorps volunteer, and Liz Chala-Hidalgo and Tressa Crosby work at the Fiesta de Salud in Norton Shore, Mich., this past summer. They link people to government assistance programs, provide information about charitable care from the hospital and conduct health screenings. The outreach work was done through Health Project, a community benefit ministry of Mercy Health.

Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore opens its doors to provide free screenings during its "Community Day" in September. The event includes information about enrolling in Maryland's health care exchange. Primary care physician Mohamed Dauda, left, counsels a patient.

Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore invites the public in for free screenings and health education during its "Community Day" in September. Pulmonary function technician Albert Figueroa, right, conducts a pulmonary function test on a visitor.