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In 2010, as an extension of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Health For Life: Better Health.
Rick W. Merrill, president and CEO of Cook Children's Health Care System in Fort Worth, Texas, is the 2013 chair of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Maternal and Child Health.
Year after year, America's hospitals respond to meet pressing community health care needs. In 2008 after the closing of a local health center which had treated large numbers of refugees, Rochester (N.Y.) General Health System (RGHS) created the Refugee Healthcare Program the same year. RGHS…
OverviewMedStar National Rehabilitation Network (MedStar NRH) is working through a grant with the U.S. Paralympics and Department of Veterans Affairs to provide the Integrated Adapted Sports Program for Veterans. This program facilitates opportunities to enable disabled veterans to return to a…
OverviewSt. Rose Dominican Hospitals partners with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, National Breast Cancer Foundation, and the Avon Foundation to offer R.E.D. Rose (Responsible Early Detection of Breast Cancer). This collaborative program provides free clinical breast exams, mammograms, ultrasounds,…
What is it?Phelps County Regional Medical Center (PCRMC) Medical Group Pediatric Dental Clinic is a specialty clinic with four kid-friendly operatories. In addition, the PCRMC Ambulatory Surgery Unit is used weekly to complete cases in which the operating room is required for full-mouth restoration…
What is it?The school-based health center provides convenient access to preventive and primary health services for students who might otherwise have limited or no access to health care.Who is it for?Elementary, middle and high school students in five schools in Southwest Louisiana.Why do they do it…
What is it?Women can learn how to feel and look better than ever at St. Peter Hospital’s annual women’s wellness extravaganza – For Women Only. The event, now in its 12th year, has become so popular that it is held at the Helena Civic Center and offers a wide spectrum of free health screenings,…
What is it?The hospital’s Community Relations department partnered with Rebuilding Together, a national nonprofit organization with a network of affiliates, to help preserve and revitalize houses in the Northwest section of the District of Columbia. For eight years, it has participated in providing…