Community Partnerships
Upland-based San Antonio Regional Hospital partnered nearly two years ago with prominent real estate developer and philanthropist Randall Lewis to create the Lewis-San Antonio Healthy Communities Institute or HCI.
Winona Health’s Community Care Network (CCN) was developed to expand our impact: to improve health and quality of life, prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits, and thereby reduce health care costs. In partnership with Winona State University, Winona Health also…
In 2013, Bronson Healthcare announced a partnership with Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) and Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to remediate a blighted, former superfund site and create a 14-acre campus. Completed in 2016, the Bronson Healthy Living Campus is a…
The Diabetes Medical Home Extender Program offers home-based services by community health workers (CHWs) and a registered nurse to high-risk diabetic patients.
Worcester, MA
December 2017
Overview
Launched in 2000, the UMass Memorial Ronald McDonald® Care Mobile provides onsite medical and dental services to children, families and individuals at 11 low-income neighborhoods, serving as an entry point into the health care system. The Care Mobile…
Hospitals and Health Systems Ensuring Access in Their Communities is a compendium of case examples of AHA members from across the country employing the nine emerging strategies recommended by the association’s Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities.
DeKalb, IL
September 2017
In April 2014, HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital partnered with Effingham Catholic Charities to create a Dental Voucher Program for adults 18 years and older who are underinsured or uninsured and in need of an emergency tooth extraction.
After HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital conducted the 2015 community health needs assessment, one of the top priorities identified was addressing the chronic disease of diabetes.
The annual Point In Time surveys in Connecticut show that New Haven has the highest concentration of both individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the state. The paradigm shift from sheltering to re-homing people is becoming the norm, and Yale New Haven is working hard with a continuum…