Community Connections
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Supported by Parkview Community Health Improvement, the Community Nursing program operates outside of the hospital walls to improve the health and well-being of the community. The program is staffed with 13 registered nurses, 1 registered respiratory therapist and 1 registered…
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The Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital School Nurse Program is a partnership with area school systems. Registered nurses have been integrated into 10 area school systems where previously there were none, at no cost to the schools. The program works closely with the schools, parents…
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Impact Diabetes is a program implemented at Senior Action, a senior center in Greenville, S.C., that is funded by Pelham Medical Center. Impact Diabetes provides a comprehensive diabetes wellness program for seniors living in Greenville County who are members of Senior Action. The goal…
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The goal of the Healthy Eating Initiative is to improve the accessibility, affordability, and quality of fresh produce in Azle and the surrounding areas. The Healthy Eating Initiative is a multi-component plan composed of community gardens feeding into a farmers’ market, which in turn…
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The Diabetes Health and Wellness Institute (DHWI) seeks to improve the management of diabetes and other chronic diseases and improve overall health and wellness outcomes in a vulnerable, underserved population.
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The Prenatal Entry Program (PEP) exists to incentivize entry for low-income families to enroll in prenatal care. Patients living at 200 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) are eligible for the full amount of available funding ($500) to put toward OB initiation fees. Patients…
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The Building a Healthy Community initiative (the Initiative) emerged in 2009 from Bon Secours Health System’s Strategic Quality Plan, one of its goals being, “Partner with our communities to co-create a more humane world, improve health, and model social justice.” Leaders at Bon…
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The program’s primary goal is to facilitate access to care at the right time and in the right place. The Tidelands Community Care Network (TCCN) uses a dual approach of providing care coordination and patient navigation services while also working with community partners to address…
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The Memorial Hermann Mobile Dental Program consists of three 40-foot vans on rotation schedules at nine Memorial Hermann school-based health center sites. The goal of the program is to provide continuity dental care to uninsured children, serving as their dental home. This is…
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In January 2013, University Hospitals (UH) Geneva Medical Center launched a predictive analytics program as a means of identifying those patients at high risk for readmission and providing support through specific interventions that involve the community. All patients admitted to the…