Case Studies
What is it?Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program provides comprehensive mental health care in American Sign Language to deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deaf-blind children and adults, as well as their hearing family members, in the six-county Chicago area and beyond…
What is it?The Puentes Autism Treatment Program, offered through the hospital’s Pediatric Development Center, uses a unique treatment model that provides clinical intervention immediately upon a diagnosis of autism. The program teaches autistic children skills in a variety of settings, including…
What is it?New Vitality is an award-winning health and wellness program tailored to meet the needs of today’s mature adults. Members benefit socially, physically, emotionally, mentally, and educationally from New Vitality’s extensive roster of exercise classes, lectures, workshops, classes, support…
What is it?Committed to its community, Henry Ford Health System has created effective approaches to provide residents, especially minorities and ethnicities, needed medical care. From comprehensive, free family grief support to a health improvement program tailored to African-American men, Henry…
OverviewThe Teen Health Corner is a collaborative project initiated by Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, a district hospital and critical access hospital, and coordinated with Kalkaska Public Schools and Forest Area Community Schools. The school-linked adolescent program in Kalkaska, now in its…
What is it?This hospital’s farm health initiative “goes where the farmers are” and provides preventive, screening and wellness services to farm families. The program provides education and encourages farm families to find a primary care provider. Screenings have included tetanus shots, blood…
What is it?The Good Neighbor Program provides socialization and safety monitoring to veterans in the community. Good Neighbor volunteers provide emotional and psychosocial support to home-bound patients and/or family within a 10-mile radius of their own home. After each visit, volunteers are able…
What is it?Margaret Mary Community Hospital offers bicycle helmets to the public for $5.00 each. The helmets are Snell qualified and cost the hospital $5.45 each plus shipping. Margaret Mary pays for the shipping cost and sells the helmets at cost to ensure that even families with limited incomes…
Explore RWJ Hamilton's senior programs, which include evidence-based workshops, support groups, and comprehensive health resources integrated with senior housing.
OverviewResidents of the Greater New Orleans area have access to monthly health seminars, screenings and support groups through a variety of comprehensive health and wellness programs offered as part of Touro Infirmary’s Community Outreach Program. Each year, Touro implements educational programs…