Community Connections
What is it?Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Senior HealthWISE (Wellness, Involvement, Support and Education) is a program of the MGH Center for Community Health Improvement (CCHI) and the MGH Geriatric Medicine Unit. Senior HealthWISE conducts weekly wellness clinics at each of three senior…
What is it?Hallmark Health System developed Community Outreach Teams, one for each core community in its marketplace, which are made up of volunteer staff members who tailor the health organization’s outreach to the specific needs and values of their assigned community. Activities have included…
OverviewAccidental injuries are the leading cause of death in American children ages 1 to 14, and many of those deadly injuries are preventable. As a children’s hospital and pediatric trauma center, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children sees the devastating effects of injuries to children and is…
What is it?The Psychiatric Consultation Team consists of an experienced psychiatric nurse and an on-call psychiatrist. At the request of nurses, physicians and social work staff, the team provides psychiatric assessment and care for patients admitted with medical conditions on all nursing units,…
What is it?The Sherman County Health Fair is an annual event coordinated by Goodland Regional Medical Center and held at Northwest Technical College. With the support of the Sherman County Health Agency, the Sunflower District of the K-State Research and Extension Services, and the Goodland…
What is it?Hispanocare is a not-for-profit PPO network of more than 200 bilingual and bicultural providers representing nearly 300 office locations. The program provides quality, cost-effective health care to Chicago’s Latino community in a culturally sensitive manner. To ease the financial burden…
What is it?The Annual Ellsworth County Health Fair has been in existence for more than 20 years and keeps getting bigger and better. The fair is hosted by the Ellsworth County Medical Center and housed at a large community building in downtown Ellsworth. The fair informs the general public of…
What is it?This Safe Driving Class is the AARP 55 Alive program, composed of a new four-hour curriculum designed specifically for mature drivers. It covers a variety of topics including possible changes in vision, hearing and reaction time in drivers over the age of 50 and how to compensate for…
What is it?Ecu-Health Care and North Adams Regional Hospital formed a partnership to help patients receive affordable care. Community health workers from Ecu-Health Care meet with patients on the North Adams Regional Hospital campus to discuss barriers that may prevent them from receiving health…
OverviewThe Latino population in South Carolina's Pee Dee region is growing rapidly. In South Carolina, Hispanic mothers have had the highest rates of late or no prenatal care compared with other maternal race and ethnicity categories. In 2007, the March of Dimes funded the Latina Perinatal…