Community Partnerships
There are more than five million dedicated women and men working in more than 5,000 hospitals in every state and community across America. While those numbers tell an impressive story about the critical role America’s hospitals play in our national life, there’s a better story. It’s a story best…
AHA Executive Dialogue Series on Behavioral Health Care
Integrating Behavioral Health: Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa, CA
Recognizing the work that great hospitals do to help to build stronger communities is critically important. A stellar example is Massachusetts General Hospital, the recipient of the 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Services. The prize is one of the most esteemed community…
Learn how SHGMH has worked with Newago County Mental Health (NCMH) to integrate behavioral health in Newaygo County, including embedding a NCMH clinician at two Rural Health Clinics. Speakers will share the impact of a comprehensive partnership between physical and behavioral health providers.
What is it?CentraState’s Student Health Awareness Center (SHAC) has a seven-year history of providing drug-prevention and education events for students, school staff and parents. Through collaborations with other community organizations, programs have included educational events, classroom lessons…
What is it?The Healthy Hub is a one-stop screening and referral-to-care kiosk that arms residents with information about their health. Free to the public, the Hub operates in the hospital lobby five days a week. Visitors receive screenings including BMI, blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol…
What is it?The hospital offers specialized services for the area’s vulnerable Vietnamese community, which include: supporting Vietnamese-language radio and TV shows promoting health and wellness featuring physicians; collaborating with physicians to provide free health and wellness classes in…
What is it?The Center for Clinical Resources is a centralized, interdisciplinary approach to care coordination for individuals who have one or more chronic health conditions. A multidisciplinary team provides patients with the interventional care, education and support needed to manage chronic…
What is it?The task force created Suicide Prevention Community Forums to address topics such as community efforts to prevent suicide, how people respond when tragedy strikes, available resources and what to do if you or someone you know might be at risk. Mental health professionals from Ivinson…
What is it?In September 2013, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) became a Jason Foundation, Inc. (JFI) National Community Affiliate and announced plans to establish Community Resource Centers at 10 hospitals that provide adolescent behavioral health services. The Community Resource Centers serve…