To address disparities in health care outcomes, Main Line Health is proactively addressing socioe...

January 11th, 2016

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

December 7th, 2015
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Apps and iPads are tools of choice for improving the health of Pennsylvania schoolchildren. Lehig...

August 10th, 2015
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A population health initiative in Rochester, New York, is bringing together two health care syste...

July 20th, 2015
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Working with community organizations, including competitors, Palmetto Health is improving the hea...

June 22nd, 2015

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

June 3rd, 2013
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The Backyard Initiative at Allina Health, based in Minnesota, is truly taking care beyond hospita...

March 18th, 2013
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From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

February 4th, 2013
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Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

January 14th, 2013
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Focusing on patient education and collaboration with physicians and the hospital, Gundersen Luthe...

October 1st, 2012
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Patients hospitalized for tobacco-related illnesses may be the most motivated to quit using tobac...

August 6th, 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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It?s estimated that patients remember and understand about half of the information they receive f...

June 4th, 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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For 18 years, Community House Calls, a UW Medicine program of Harborview Medical Center in Seattl...

April 9th, 2012
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Carolinas HealthCare System, based in Charlotte, N.C., is partnering with 12 YMCA branches "to cr...

December 19th, 2011
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Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, used "a novel approach" to ...

March 21st, 2011
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The journey from good to great for Good Samaritan Hospital of Baltimore started with differentiat...

January 10th, 2011
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Extending services beyond the hospital walls to its most vulnerable patients?that is the goal of ...

February 1st, 2010
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