Case Studies
What is it?The hospital developed a 12-month wellness initiative to help people learn to make small, manageable changes in their daily health habits. Participants learned to adopt one new health habit each month in 2013. Every month, participants received information about a particular health habit…
What is it?The Burmese Care Coordination Program began with coordinating the care of pregnant Burmese women. Many culturally responsive strategies were developed, including the involvement of a dedicated in-culture Burmese interpreter and active partnerships with non-profit organizations serving…
What is it?Sew Up the Safety Net for Women and Children connects a loose net of medical and social services, building a comprehensive system of care to improve the conditions that lead to infant survival. The program links at-risk women to safety net resources, facilitates health care equity…
What is it?Greene County General Hospital started its Friends Friday as a way to support community organizations and youth. The first Friday of each month, employees are allowed to wear jeans if they support the organization’s Friend of the Month. Support comes through monetary donations as well as…
What is it?The Pali Momi Wellness Station features a technology bar with educational and interactive displays that promote health and wellness topics. The wellness station is located at an enclosed shopping center, enabling shoppers to use smart tablets at the station to look up general health…
What is it?Through the Kids Don’t Float program, free life jackets are available for use at loaner stations located throughout Fairbanks and Alaska’s Interior. Each year, Safe Kids Fairbanks and Fairbanks Memorial Hospital order enough quantities to keep the stations supplied all summer. The goal…
What is it?The program decreases sodium and fat in foods prepared in Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) hospitals through the use of fresh herbs and vegetables. CAMC implemented a value-chain food system incorporating local growers, replacing imports from the outside economy with herbs and…
What is it?The Serial Inebriate Program (SIP) is a court-ordered, 90-day, 10-bed treatment program for serial inebriates. Through this collaboration between Sutter Medical Center and several community partners, clients receive alcohol addiction counseling and are offered permanent housing through…
What is it?St. Mary’s Health Care System partners with the Athens Twilight Criterium Foundation to present programs to children on exercise, nutrition and helmet use. Bike racers make wearing helmets cool by sharing their experiences and enthusiasm. Nurses educate about brain injury, and a “melon…
What is it?With funding from BMO Harris Bank, Rush University Medical Center is partnering with Medical Home Network (MHN) and Malcolm X City College (MXC) to develop new, sustainable models of care to improve health care delivery in underserved Chicago communities. Educational programs are being…