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OverviewIn recognizing that complex health-related issues cannot be addressed by any one agency, the New London County Health Collaborative (NLCHC) was formed in 2007 to unite the medical, social service, and public health communities to jointly examine health status concerns in New London County.…
May 13-19 is National Women's Health Week, a project of the U.S. Health and Human Services' Office of Women's Health. This celebration provides an opportunity to highlight how you can use this website to focus on a specific patient population like women or a specific topic area like…
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are forming in communities across the country. In ACOs, health care providers take responsibility for a defined patient population,
Part of the Alliance collaborative since 1994, Billings Clinic had been serving its community with clinical interventions at the local level. About three years ago, the Alliance decided to focus on population health. Billings Clinic, a not-for-profit health care organization based in Billings, Mont…
What is it?Started in 1988, the Physically Challenged Club is an all-volunteer collaboration between Mayo Regional Hospital and the local YMCA, designed to provide an opportunity for the chronically disabled to continue rehabilitation after their insurance benefits have ended. Club members use the…
This web seminar highlighted improvements in staff training and building the culturally competent systems to meet the needs of diverse populations. Key perspectives on real-world initiatives in cultural competence, and how they are linked to quality and patient experience are discussed.
This guide provides hospital leaders with a snapshot of hospitals' current readiness to participate in an ACO, as well as a tool with which to gauge their own organizations' relative preparedness for ACO participation.