Community Partnerships
What is it?Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play (CHP2LWP) targets obesity and Type 2 diabetes by creating an environment that fosters physical activity and healthy eating. This program offers guidance, education and training to move toward policy adoption and environmental change.…
What is it?Lancaster General Health (LGH) has been building bridges to Lancaster County’s Amish settlement for nearly 25 years with outreach programs that respect that unique population’s traditions and beliefs. Programs include a free child immunization program; educational group meetings for…
To become an effective population health manager, a hospital must create effective partnerships.
Overview
In 1999, when two local hospital emergency departments (EDs) and a small primary care clinic closed, the remaining local EDs struggled to serve one of the state’s largest uninsured patient populations. Orange County providers, including Orange County Government, hospitals, federally…
What is it?
The Bayhealth Wellness Centers work to meet the physical needs of young people, as well as their nutritional, mental, and emotional needs. Available at area high schools, the Bayhealth Wellness Centers provide services related to physical health, nutrition, mental health, laboratory…
Charles Clark, senior vice president, Behavioral Health, Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN , discusses his initiative with two local Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs)-to improve post discharge patient follow-up, and reduce 30-day readmissions of psychiatric patients.
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high quality care. Through unique community partnerships, the organization seeks to encourage patients to receive diagnostic and preventive services early on.
To meet patient needs in the current market, hospitals have traditionally focused their efforts on caring for individuals and personalizing care for each person admitted to their facility.