Case Studies
The program's goal is to help participants obtain knowledge about their health care options and to actively engage in making appropriate health care choices.
The Franciscan Clinic was designed with the idea that all employees who carry the hospital's insurance should have equal access to appropriate care. Franciscan Clinic patients pay only a $5 co-pay.
Equity in Care was initiated by Trinity Health in 2009 and has grown to include identifying potential disparities in cardiac care in a patient population stratified by race, ethnicity and primary language and entered into their electronic medical record systems in all inpatient and emergency…
These programs take health education, information and related services directly to community members in need, focus on preventable health care and empower thousands of residents to become proactive in successfully managing existing health conditions and preventing chronic disease.
This project is…
Four 'value health opportunities' have been developed for three major Minneapolis employer groups. The four conditions chosen include asthma care, chronic back pain, coronary artery disease and Type 2 diabetes. This employer group has 6,337 Type 2 diabetic patients in their employee population.…
In 2004, officials at Miller Electric, a division of Illinois-based Illinois Tool Works, knew they had to do something to keep health care costs from spiraling completely out of control. Like many companies, Miller Electric had seen the percent of its premium increase by double digits. The welding…
The concept of an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit (A-ICU) developed because in most companies a small number of employees are responsible for a majority of the health care costs. The 80/20 rule says that 20 percent of the employees drive 80 percent of the cost. These employees generally are people…
With the goal of improving patient care while cutting waste and cost, a team of employees met to discuss what attributes they would want in the ideal hospital room and the ideal patient care model. The result was Collaborative Care, a customer-driven interdisciplinary collaborative model of care…
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) Releases Shocking Report on Seclusion & Restraint in U.S.