Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Commonwealth Care Alliance Boston, MA The Problem Commonwealth Care Alliance, which functions bo...

Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY1,418 Beds The Problem Montefiore Medical Center is a large, a...

This article discusses the imperitive to invest in community development as a means to improve po...

This article discusses the socioeconomic factors necessary for health in a community. The author ...

This report discusses the necessity of health information technology to effectively and systemati...

This report discusses the strenghts of community disease prevention offers and presents a framewo...

An international survey of adults living with health problems and complex care needs found that p...

A Pittsburgh-based wellness program enlists entire communities to promote wellness for children.

This policy paper examines the latest developments in accountable care organizations (ACOs), incl...

Steve Riney, Chief Information Officer at Methodist Medical Center of Illinois in Peoria, talks t...

In the United States, there has been a growing health care divide between vulnerable populations ...

The business adage "what gets measured gets managed" applies in health care. Two projects focus o...

This article proposes an examination of health disparities through the lens of public health to p...

This article describes the development of the regional health collaborative, a population-based h...

This brief, based on site visits from Nov. 2009 through March 2010, highlights care coordination ...

The rate of "mortality amenable to health care" that is--deaths that are considered preventable w...

This website gives history and information to patients, providers, payers of western New York sta...

The latest Alliance issue brief reports on how collaboratives are working at the local level to i...

This article discusses the evidence base behind population health management and explores the fut...

The report provides a scientific base and practical guidance fo rengaging public health professio...

This article presents four case studies of effective community and academic partnership that impr...

This report discusses the process of conducting a Health Impact Assessment and proposes a busines...

After defining patient-centered medical homes, this report discusses particular opportunities and...

The report focuses on the overall concept of ACOs. And also provides special focus on the specifi...

This article addresses health care innovations that can help improve population and meet future h...

From October 2009 to February 2011, MR CHAMMP sponsored 67 programs which were provided to the co...

Mercy has participated in developing a network of health care providers and community agencies to...

The Lourdes Center for Public Health works collaboratively with academic and community partners t...

In the Pink is a program of Saint Michael's Medical Center and the program provides outreach, edu...

St. Joseph Community Health  in Albuquerque, New Mexico, wants to make sure that all children hav...

The Healthy Start/Healthy Families program primary goal is preventing chronic health problems in ...

The program's goal is to help participants obtain knowledge about their health care options and t...

Migrant Health Promotion strives to improve the ability of migrant farm worker families to live h...

These programs take health education, information and related services directly to community memb...

Infant mortality remains a major concern in Milwaukee. The "Baby Safe Sleep" program , which is f...

The concept of an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit (A-ICU) developed because in most companies a sm...

Four "value health opportunities" have been developed for three major Minneapolis employer group...

This article discusses strategies to maximize improvement in overall population health and sugges...

This article argues that policy actions must focus on income security, education, housing, food s...

This article discusses definitions of population health and how various models of can operational...

This article traces the historical progression of the population health approach as part of healt...

This article proposes a definition of population health and differentiates the concept from publi...