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

December 11th, 2012
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The conclusion of H&HN's yearlong series on hospital, community and national efforts to identify ...

December 5th, 2012
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As the U.S. population ages and the number of Americans impacted by obesity and diabetes increase...

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This articles argues that now is the time to integrate public health and primary care in a way th...

December 1st, 2012
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Medicine involves decisions. But for Medicare patients with conditions for which surgery is an op...

November 29th, 2012
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One successful initiative can lead to another. A “nurse transitionist” program at Western Marylan...

November 26th, 2012
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A central goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is to significantly reduce the n...

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Among California's African American, Native American, Latino and Hmong populations, a diagnosis o...

November 16th, 2012
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The Affordable Care Act and state Medicaid reform efforts present opportunities to reengineer hea...

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 For baby boomers, the peak interest in health issues comes at about age 51, with a second peak c...

November 15th, 2012
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While there is broad agreement on the general concepts defining patient-centered medical homes, l...

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As the patient-centered medical home model gains momentum, providers must strike a balance betwee...

November 7th, 2012
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Efforts to improve U.S. health care must include payment reforms that encourage greater efficienc...

November 5th, 2012
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The mobile app from HPOE will ensure you receive up-to-date alerts when new HPOE guides are relea...

November 2nd, 2012
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For the last century, the major causes of disease and death among Americans have changed, shiftin...

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Medicaid is the nation's health coverage program for the low-income population, covering , more t...

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For the  last 15 years, public hospitals have pursued multiple strategies to help maintain financ...

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Cigna’s Collaborative Accountable Care initiative provides financial incentives to physician grou...

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Health care reform presents academic health centers with an opportunity to test new systems of ca...

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The implementation of accountable care organizations, a new health care payment and delivery mode...

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This cross-site comparison of the early experience of four provider organizations participating i...

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The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...

October 30th, 2012
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At the 2012 American Public Health Association annual meeting, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation spo...

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When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, DVDs, or interactive tools, ...

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Annual analysis of the health care of a record number of Americans by the National Committee for ...

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Sandy Hausman reports on the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, a Commonwealth Fund-supported de...

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SHCA is a not-for-profit health care organization dedicated to serving those who advocate in the ...

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Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

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Diabetes is among the ten leading causes of death in both white and African American patients, bu...

October 2nd, 2012
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Using key metrics, MaineHealth gauges its impact on population health The board's challenge--wha...

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Accelerating Care Integration Lack of care coordination and integration was identified as a majo...

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This webinar introduces strategies to increase physical activity through community design.

October 1st, 2012
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Focusing on patient education and collaboration with physicians and the hospital, Gundersen Luthe...

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The AHA is dedicated to highlighting the good work that America's hospitals are doing to care and...

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A recent article from the Los Angeles Times looks at how the traditional doctor-patient relations...

September 13th, 2012
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Compassionate and cost effective is how Memorial Healthcare System, based in Hollywood, Fla., des...

August 20th, 2012
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Patients hospitalized for tobacco-related illnesses may be the most motivated to quit using tobac...

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

August 1st, 2012
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This commentary was written by  Daren R. Anderson, MD, vice president and chief quality officer, ...

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This article discusses how clinically at-risk and socially disadvantaged populations may not be f...

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

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Studies suggest that the presence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) adds a layer of complexity...

July 31st, 2012
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Health care professionals at Henry Ford Health System know how to connect with teenagers. About 1...

July 30th, 2012
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Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...

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UNC Hospitals is committed to providing a patient-centered care environment. A team of leaders is...

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A collection of 10 short essays by the industry luminaries who have received HRET's TRUST Award s...

July 19th, 2012
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Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men, after skin cancer. According to...

June 18th, 2012
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Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...

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Fully two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. One-third of American children are overwei...

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It?s estimated that patients remember and understand about half of the information they receive f...

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This article discusses divergent concepts of population health between care delivery systems and ...

June 1st, 2012
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Fairfield Memorial Hospital identified the need to improve the patient experience in the emergenc...

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Rush-Copley Medical Center collaborated with the Kane County Health Department after an outbreak ...

June 1st, 2012
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A multidisciplinary team was developed with objectives to provide clear, easy to understand educa...

June 1st, 2012
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Using Plan-Do-Study-Act, this initiative prioritized utilization of spirometry as the standard di...

June 1st, 2012
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Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are forming in communities across the country. In ACOs, hea...

May 11th, 2012
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Part of the Alliance collaborative since 1994, Billings Clinic had been serving its community wit...

May 7th, 2012
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This guide provides hospital leaders with a snapshot of hospitals' current readiness to participa...

May 1st, 2012
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For 18 years, Community House Calls, a UW Medicine program of Harborview Medical Center in Seattl...

April 9th, 2012
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To meet patient needs in the current market, hospitals have traditionally focused their efforts o...

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This webinar highlighted the essential elements within care coordination strategies for the dual ...

March 28th, 2012
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Walk into an ER for treatment and walk out with a medical home. Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospit...

March 26th, 2012
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This statistic may surprise you: Mental health conditions and mood disorders including depression...

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A key element of the PCMH model is engaging patients and caregivers in their care. This paper off...

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This paper explores the current landscape of patient-centered medical home services for patients ...

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This paper examines successful approaches to delivering mental health treatment in primary care a...

March 1st, 2012
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This brief describes how decisionmakers can encourage a model of care that truly reflects the nee...

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HRET and the Commonwealth Fund reviewed research findings regarding the characteristics and proce...

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As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

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This guide provides techniques, case studies and guiding principles from various fields of expert...

March 1st, 2012
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Teamwork benefits seniors, too. A partnership between Wishard Health Services?a large safety net ...

February 6th, 2012
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The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

February 1st, 2012
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The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

February 1st, 2012
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The goal of this initiative was to improve patient flow, outcomes, and experience, as well as com...

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At Mountainside Residential Care Center's resident council, residents requested an improved dinin...

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

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In 2009, North Central Bronx Hospital analyzed data from its diabetes registry to identify opport...

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The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...

February 1st, 2012
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Baylor Health Care SystemDallas, TX3,653 Beds The Problem The Baylor Health Care System Office o...

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Adventist HealthCareRockville, Maryland1,045 Beds The Problem Adventist HealthCare created the C...

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Barnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MO1,305 Beds The Problem Barnes-Jewish Hospital created the Cen...

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AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...

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Compassionate Care is a nationally recognized case management program through which Aetna's Medic...

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Market forces are driving renewed interest in integration that may result in changes in the owner...

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Johns Hopkins Health SystemBaltimore, MD912 Beds  The Problem Hopkins ElderPlus is the Programs ...

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Wishard Health ServicesIndianapolis, IN293 Beds  The Problem Geriatric Resources for Assessment ...

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SSM Saint Mary’s Medical CenterSaint Louis, MO 374 Beds The Problem Better Outcomes for Older Ad...

January 1st, 2012

AtlantiCareAtlantic City, NJ538 Beds The Problem The Special Care Center is a primary care cente...

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

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

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Summa Health SystemAkron, OH461 Beds The Problem Summa Health System serves a five county region...

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

January 1st, 2012
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This article discusses the socioeconomic factors necessary for health in a community. The author ...

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

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

January 1st, 2012
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