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What is it?Tipton Hospital assists the elementary schools and daycare providers in Tipton County and surrounding areas by providing their students with supplies to keep them healthy during flu season.
What is it?After identifying a need to address the high-risk, poor lifestyle behaviors of the community, Memorial Hospital, an 83-bed, county-owned regional medical center, spearheaded a collaborative community project to build an accessible walking trail on an abandoned railway in a picturesque…
This webinar highlighted the essential elements within care coordination strategies for the dual eligible populations, as well as lessons learned from Fairview Health Services, Red Wing, Minn., and Hopkins ElderPlus, Baltimore. View the PowerPoint presentation
The authors found little evidence that participation in the Premier HQID program led to lower 30-day mortality rates, suggesting that the right mix of incentives and targets to ensure that pay for performance will drive improvements in patient outcomes have not been found. Even though Congress has…
What is it?At Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, the Center for Healthy Beginnings provides a wide range of assistance designed to meet the community’s need for healthy family services. Healthy Beginnings patients benefit from the advocacy of a certified patient navigator, who is also a…
What is it?With a focus on health prevention, this 42-foot mobile screening bus travels throughout Central Mississippi conducting both screenings and education programs for school-age children and the elderly, considered the most vulnerable groups in the area. The Care-A-Van targets city, county,…
OverviewFletcher Allen Health Care began offering free foot care clinics for seniors and the disabled across Chittenden County when seniors in the community expressed a need for low-cost or free foot care services at a convenient location. ImpactCurrently, the Footnoters program serves more than…
OverviewFletcher Allen Health Care began offering free foot care clinics for seniors and the disabled across Chittenden County when seniors in the community expressed a need for low-cost or free foot care services at a convenient location. ImpactCurrently, the Footnoters program serves more than…
What is it?In 2006, St. Dominic Health Services committed $250,000 over a five-year period to the Phoenix Initiative, a grant program that assists qualified homeowners with renovations and repairs to their homes within the hospital’s Fondren community. The Phoenix Initiative spent the last half of…
What is it?Wilmington Health Access for Teens (WHAT) provides physical and mental health services to area youth, nearly three-quarters of whom are either uninsured or covered by Medicaid or other state programs. A teen advisory board helped select WHAT's staff and site, and continues to…