Community Connections
What is it?The Healthy Woman program features a series of free monthly health-focused educational seminars, health fairs, and interactive events that focus on the emotional, physical, and fiscal well-being of women. Every October there is an annual anniversary event featuring a nationally known…
OverviewSt. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, the seventh largest employer in Central New York, is located within the Prospect Hill neighborhood on Syracuse’s North Side, a community that has long been the home to immigrants and refugees. The North Side is a community with great potential, but one…
OverviewIn May 2009, Humboldt General Hospital’ s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) department launched a “Rescue Bike Patrol” program during Winnemucca’s annual “Run-A-Mucca ” event held over Memorial Day weekend. Run-A-Mucca is a three-day motorcycle rally that draws more than 900 motorcycles and…
What is it?
The Sharps Disposal Program offers a safe way for diabetics or anyone using medical sharps to dispose of them in a safe way using an approved medical sharps container. Containers may be picked up at the hospital for a one-time fee of $10. They are returned to the emergency department…
What is it?Botsford Hospital's School-Based Health Clinic, housed in Pierce Middle School, provides health care and wellness programs to hundreds of students. Clinic staff offer a range of care, such as treating minor ailments and injuries, controlling asthma symptoms, testing for sexually…
OverviewLowell General Hospital, in partnership with the Greater Lowell Health Alliance (GLHA), helped launch an effort to recruit volunteers from the community who would be willing to be trained to go into Lowell public schools to provide this much-needed tobacco education to students. Tobacco…
OverviewThe Annual Women’s Health Day, which was in its 10th year this past October, is a collaborative effort of the hospital, local businesses, health agencies, and others in the community. Health screenings, many of them offered at no cost or at a much reduced rate, include cholesterol, blood…
What is it?East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC) subsidizes a parish nurse program that is very active in area churches as well as in the community. The EAMC Parish Nurses take a leading role in providing free health screenings and health education to the community at the Darden Wellness Clinic. It is…
OverviewNearly six million people with some form of diabetes go undiagnosed. To help residents of the hospital’s service area that may otherwise go undiagnosed determine if they have or are at risk for diabetes, Dauterive Hospital conducts a unique drive-thru diabetes screening and consultation…
What is it?Virginia Mason launched its Intensive Outpatient Care Program (IOCP) in 2007 to substantially reduce total spending for Boeing's employees and their adult dependents with the highest health care costs. By coordinating care for these patients - including proactive outreach, education…