Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Schuyler Hospital’s Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Schuyler initiative offers various opport...

This compendium features detailed descriptions of hospital-community partnerships from across the...

It has become widely known that effective hospital-community partnerships are necessary in buildi...

Advancing population health involves fostering effective and sustainable hospital-community partn...

Though health care professionals at hospitals work tirelessly to help patients get and stay healt...

The American Hospital Association and the Health Research & Educational Trust are working to supp...

This week, June 4-10, 2017, the AHA's Association for Community Health Improvement is celebrating...

This infographic provides a summary of the Association for Community Health Improvement’s Communi...

Partnering—not competing—with other health organizations is how many hospitals are working to imp...

The work of a Washington D.C. collaborative of hospitals and FQHCs is benefiting the entire commu...

The next generation of community health will serve as the foundation for total population health....

Community health initiatives that start with small successes can lead to bigger changes. St. Cath...

The 2017 chair files will begin highlighting efforts that are improving community health beyond t...

Trust is among the most important currencies we have as health care leaders. And during these tim...

Communities around the country are experiencing challenges in preventing substance use. For some ...

Improving the health of communities where people live, work and play is more important than ever....

The Community Health Network (CHN) targets the socioeconomic determinants of health that are not ...

Concussions are a growing problem for young athletes. The hospital’s overall goal is to educate a...

Effective and sustainable hospital-community partnerships are critical to building a Culture of H...

As nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. complete a community health needs assessments (CHNA) process, ...

This guide features case studies of the 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize winner and finalists. These ex...

Hospitals and communities are increasingly recognizing the importance of effective partnerships w...

For its excellent work addressing community health needs, Massachusetts General Hospital in Bosto...

A powerful tool for hospitals to address priority health needs of their patient population and th...

Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...

Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) have the potential to be powerful drivers to enhance t...

June 5–11 is Community Health Improvement Week. The AHA’s Association for Community Health Improv...

Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...

A collaborative network of hospitals and community organizations is improving behavioral health c...

Sanpete Valley Hospital, a critical access hospital in Mount Pleasant, Utah, is leading behaviora...

More and more hospitals and health systems are leading community collaborations to create positiv...

  Violence is a serious safety issue for many communities and hospitals across the United States...

It is certain that health status is profoundly influenced by the places in which people live, wor...

Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital's care transition program successfully reduced all-cause ...

Two health care systems and more than 20 community organizations are improving the health and wel...

Working with community organizations, including competitors, Palmetto Health is improving the hea...

There are opportunities around the country for dramatic innovation in the way health systems tran...

May 31 - June 6, 2015, is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health...

In addition to identifying priority health needs and aligning partners and resources to address c...

Working with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this infographic summarizes the findings of a re...

The Human Services Alliance of Beaufort County is one of the oldest coalitions for health improve...

What is it? Now in its third year, Camp Med is a three-day, hands-on experience at the hospital t...

To address the widespread lack of access to basic health care, community health centers serve mor...

This issue brief continues the program’s examination of state-level community benefit oversight b...

This article found that county characteristics are independently associated with higher hospital ...

The community guide is a resource to help hospitals and community organizations choose programs t...

This article discusses the importance of a holistic approach to community development in order to...

This report highlights nearly 80 evidence-based disease and injury prevention programs. These pro...

This brief focuses on updating significant points concerning community health needs assessment an...

Newark Department of Child and Family Well-BeingNewark NJ The Problem In 2003, The Newark (N.J.)...

This articles explores how HealthPartners decided to target nonclinical determinants of populatio...

June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

This report indentifies and explains guiding principles to inform the implementation ofCommunity ...

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center partner on several initi...

The Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments program seeks to enable raising com...

Project Perlas is a community-based participatory research project addressing disparities in mamm...

Neighborhood and environment are important determinants of health in addition to individual chara...

Kaiser PermanenteOakland, CAKaiser Permanente is a health care provider and nonprofit health plan...

This book provides practical skills for building communities. Chapters three, four and five addre...

This website provides a wealth of resources on CommunityHealth Needs Assessment and the related I...

The Community Guide is a resource for evidence-based task force recommendations and findings abou...

For the last century, the major causes of disease and death among Americans have changed, shiftin...

Using key metrics, MaineHealth gauges its impact on population health The board's challenge--wha...

The Health Disparities Cancer Collaborative implemented six components of the chronic care model ...

This commentary was written by  Daren R. Anderson, MD, vice president and chief quality officer, ...

This toolkit presents Muskegon County's Community Health Needs Assessment  process and results, a...

Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of professional health care providers. Rural ...

Baylor Health Care SystemDallas, TX3,653 Beds The Problem The Baylor Health Care System Office o...

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 strenghts of community disease prevention offers and presents a framewo...

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

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

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...

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