Case Studies
What is it?A free community event, Healthy Woman Expo focuses on women’s and children’s health issues, and raises breast cancer awareness. Those attending have the opportunity to: Visit with physicians, dietitians, therapists, and support groups Receive health screenings Monitor their blood…
What is it?An interdisciplinary team of geriatricians, nurse practitioners, and social workers provides home-based primary care to frail elders. The team also follows patients across all settings, including urgent, hospital, post-acute and hospice care.
What is it? MidState Medical Center formed a school-business partnership in 1995 with neighboring John Barry Elementary School. For 15 years, hospital departments visited their "adopted" classrooms each month with a variety of activities, projects geared to the specific age and grade, and…
What is it?Many Navajos who live on the reservation in the Four Corners area have little or no access to information on health topics in the Navajo language. Although most Navajos speak English, many speak English as a second language. To provide basic health information on subjects such as healthy…
What is it?Rice Memorial Hospital’s consumer health-centered Community Health Library, which opened in October 2005, provides books, magazines, newsletters, computers with Internet access, consumer health databases for research, videos, a blood pressure machine, a small conference room with a TV/…
What is it?Richland County had an abundance of health resources for the uninsured and medically underserved; but, according to community leaders, a coordinated care system could bring about more appropriate utilization of those services. Richland Care established a coordinated health care delivery…
What is it?This program is for women to enjoy a night out with the girls, receive free health screenings and enjoy information booths. The event so successful because important health issues are addressed in a fun and entertaining way. Health screenings consist of osteoporosis, blood glucose,…
What is it?The Move More program is a community-wide program that gives people the information and support they need to eat well, be physically active, prevent chronic disease, and manage chronic disease. By working with area residents, schools, and community centers, Move More has identified and…
What is it?As part of an ongoing partnership with the Mall in Columbia, Howard County General Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, hosts quarterly health education and screening clinics at the mall. The purpose of these quarterly sessions is to promote wellness, prevention, and early…
OverviewThe Comanche County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) Foundation launched the WALK (Wellness and Lawton's Kids) Program in 2004. The program goals are to 1) increase awareness of the importance of physical activity and increase the number of steps walked, and 2) decrease the incidence of…