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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Schuyler Hospital’s Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Schuyler initiative offers various opport...
Montefiore Medical Center’s goal was to increase access and supply of healthy food and beverage o...
To better serve its patients and reduce the effects of ineffective pain management, Mercy Hospita...
Washington Heights, a community impacted by 770 cases of domestic violence a day, now has the Fam...
The disease management process at Bassett Medical Center was positively impacted after the hospit...
Adirondack Health is working with multiple sectors of the community, such as the Franklin County ...
The Community Health Network (CHN) targets the socioeconomic determinants of health that are not ...
Today, about one out of three children and adolescents ages 2-19 in the United States is overweig...
Concussions are a growing problem for young athletes. The hospital’s overall goal is to educate a...
Carthage Area Hospital is improving patient and employee experiences by providing them with fresh...
Demand for Brockton Neighborhood Health Center (BNHC) accelerated after it started in 1994 as a m...
Codman Square Health Center in downtown Dorchester, MA exemplifies how a health center can build ...
North Country HealthCare is a federally qualified health center serving fourteen communities in n...
Claremont Village is a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing development in the ...
As one of only two hospitals in Yuma County, Yuma District Hospital and Clinic (YDHC) can ascerta...
The Baystate Health Breast and Wellness Center, created in 2013, is a combination of two premier ...
Four years ago this hospital had no clinical leadership development program. Physician leaders wi...
Through this initiative, Highland Healthcare Associates IPA seeks to improve the physician's expe...
Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Physician’s Organization implem...
Boston Children’s Hospital and its associated pediatric primary care physicians organization coll...
The Care Tracker program at Signature Healthcare collates data from multiple sources, including b...
Diagnostic care for patients referred within the institution for suspicious lung lesions was vari...
Injectable extended-release formulation of naltrexone marketed as Vivitrol is a recent significan...
Children with complex medical conditions have a broad range of medical, social and supportive nee...
The School Based Care Coordination Program supports at-risk youth and families in two school dist...
CDC data shows that over 70 percent of patients with pre-diabetes will develop type 2 diabetes du...
To meet a high demand for Chinese interpreters, the Tufts Medical Center Interpreter Services wor...
With the national focus on decreasing hospital-acquired infections, Massachusetts General Hospita...
At Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, the pediatric intensive care unit has been implem...
Dedicated to eliminating catheter-associated urinary tract infections, North Shore Medical Center...
Approximately 28 percent of the hospital's patients with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) are readm...
Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) account for 30-40 percent of the organizati...
T4P/BREATHE is an inter-professional project created in response to improving patient outcomes an...
The Alliance for a Healthier South Carolina is an unprecedented volunteer collaboration of more t...
This case study presents the story of CareSouth Carolina and the Northeastern Rural Health Networ...
CDMHC’s innovative programs divert hundreds of patients from the hospitals and emergency departme...
In July of 2009, Olean General Hospital embarked on a journey to improve outcomes for cardiac pat...
Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital's care transition program successfully reduced all-cause ...
Hypertension—the silent killer—impacts more than one in three Americans and is a leading cause of...
Education that increases awareness is one of the best ways to transform health outcomes. But, as ...
The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...
In 2008, the two hospital systems partnered with the city of Whittier, the YMCA of Greater Whitti...
Palmetto Health has pursued multiple initiatives and strategies to promote a healthy community an...
After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...
July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...
In January 2011, utilizing the hospital’s system-wide electronic medical records, a family medici...
Project Brotherhood is dedicated to helping Greater New Haven-area men make the healthy lifestyle...
The Muskegon Community Health Project, in partnership with Mercy Health Partners, is an inclusive...
The hospital recognized an urgent need to improve the current rate of colorectal cancer screening...
Ascension Health created a business unit called Transformational Development. It is charged with ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs home-based primary care began in 1972. Home-based primary ca...
The Human Services Alliance of Beaufort County is one of the oldest coalitions for health improve...
The Road to Better Health Spartanburg has proven that working collectively and in partnership wit...
Truven Health Analytics discusses key areas of focus for hospitals and care systems that want to ...
What is it? Now in its third year, Camp Med is a three-day, hands-on experience at the hospital t...
In August 2014, Campbell County Health became the first health care facility in Wyoming to be app...
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, worked to create a highly reliable system for follow up ...
Norwegian American Hospital, Chicago, improved both influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates ...
Albany Medical Center developed the Child Advocacy Resident Education program that aims to improv...
Montefiore Medical Center's School Health Program is the largest and most comprehensive school-ba...
OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...
Care for people with multiple chronic health conditions is often fragmented, resulting in increas...
Using a Community Needs Assessment, Morris Hospital, which serves 18 rural communities, identifie...
Three patient navigators are used to advocate on behalf of women with abnormal breast findings on...
After identifying inequities with affordable access to primary care services and an uncoordinated...
Healthy Communities of Clinton County Coalition Two teams of community members--a coalition of h...
Fletcher Allen Health Care's Community Benefit CommitteeBurlington, VT About the Initiative:In ...
This report highlights nearly 80 evidence-based disease and injury prevention programs. These pro...
Newark Department of Child and Family Well-BeingNewark NJ The Problem In 2003, The Newark (N.J.)...
The report describes the journeys of four care systems as they are transforming into accountable ...
The case study addresses a hospital-based tobacco cessation initiative that serves patients regar...
New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm, MN45 Beds The Problem New Ulm Medical Center, a critical access h...
Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health CenterWindsor, VT60 Beds The Problem Mt. Ascutney Hospital and ...
Yuma District HospitalYuma, CO12 Beds The Problem Yuma District Hospital, located in Yuma, Color...
Cheyenne Regional Medical CenterCheyenne, WY222 Beds The Problem Cheyenne Regional Medical Cente...
In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center partner on several initi...
Chambers County was designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration as one of the ...
Davis Health System is a health care network that includes 90-bed Davis Memorial Hospital, 12-bed...
Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...
ProMedica’s (NW Ohio and SE Michigan) mission is to improve the health and well-being of the peop...
The goal was to eliminate all variances in the clinical process measures to ensure that patients ...
HPOE is pleased to highlight case studies from the Illinois Hospital Association’s Institute f...
The hospital developed a comprehensive, multidisciplinary stroke program to provide patients with...
To help those with reading and language challenges, UVA Health System staff developed a curriculu...
The Illinois Department of Public Health, Center for Minority Services is using mobile messaging ...
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...
The Sharps Disposal Program offers a safe way for diabetics or anyone using medical sharps to dis...
St. John?s Institute for Cognitive Health and the University of Utah Center for Alzheimer?s Care,...
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...
Kaiser PermanenteOakland, CAKaiser Permanente is a health care provider and nonprofit health plan...
Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...
Saint Elizabeth’s Medical CenterWabasha, MN25 Beds Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, part of Min...
Geisinger Health SystemDanville, PA545 Beds Geisinger Health System is an integrated health serv...
Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...
The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...
UNC Hospitals is committed to providing a patient-centered care environment. A team of leaders is...