Community Connections
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Nonprofit hospitals in Jacksonville, Fla., are teaming up to offer mental health first aid training throughout their community.
“We collaborate with the other local health systems to collectively conduct our community needs assessment,” explains Hugh Greene, president and chief executive…
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In 1995, a group of Bridgeport health, education, and social service providers began meeting to address the challenges of young children and families who were “falling through the cracks” and not receiving critically needed services. A collaboration among early childhood service providers…
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The Care Transitions Intervention (CTI) Program at Sharp Grossmont Hospital (SGH) provides 30-day post-discharge care transition coaching and community resources for underinsured or uninsured vulnerable patients (including homeless and refugee populations). The CTI program involves a…
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Healthy Smiles for All (HSFA) is a public/private partnership in east Linn and Lincoln counties in Oregon. HSFA is a multifaceted project that provides oral health care to uninsured, underinsured, low-income, homeless, veterans and migrant residents of the counties.
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The goal of Munson Medical Center’s Fruit & Vegetable Prescription pilot program – funded by a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services grant – was to increase community/clinical linkages in addressing food access and chronic disease. An emphasis was placed on identifying…
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The goal of Hartford HealthCare’s Center for Healthy Aging (the Center) is to connect seniors with the right care, in the right place, at the right time. The Center achieves this goal through resource coordination, geriatric care management, transitional care nursing, and specialized…
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Ouachita County Medical Center (OCMC) recognizes the impact that violence has on the health of communities and individuals. Violence that is the result of bullying is prevalent in today’s society. Bullying does not discriminate based upon age, race, gender, ethnicities or socioeconomic…
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The Mental Health Action Team was formed in 1998 after a community health assessment. The Suicide Prevention Task Force was formed in 2002 when the Blount Memorial Hospital medical examiner noticed a significant increase in suicide as a cause of death in Blount County. The teams merged in…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) will present its 2017 Award of Honor to Joel T. Allison, retired president and CEO, Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas for making outstanding contributions to improve the health status of individuals, communities and the nation.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) will present its 2017 Award of Honor to Douglas J. Leonard, president of the Indiana Hospital Association (IHA), for making outstanding contributions to improve the health status of individuals, communities and the nation.