Case Studies
Northern Westchester Hospital is improving their patients' experience through the Food Is Care program. Established by the hospital's staff, the program first determines the patient's food preferences and dietary requirements before providing fresh meals. Made with 90 percent of locally grown…
Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce CAUTIs across the hospital's 15 locations. By integrating focused guidelines, uniform metrics, best strategies for prevention and dedicated CAUTI teams, the initiative was able to:
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Impact Diabetes is a program implemented at Senior Action, a senior center in Greenville, S.C., that is funded by Pelham Medical Center. Impact Diabetes provides a comprehensive diabetes wellness program for seniors living in Greenville County who are members of Senior Action. The goal…
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The goal of the Healthy Eating Initiative is to improve the accessibility, affordability, and quality of fresh produce in Azle and the surrounding areas. The Healthy Eating Initiative is a multi-component plan composed of community gardens feeding into a farmers’ market, which in turn…
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The Diabetes Health and Wellness Institute (DHWI) seeks to improve the management of diabetes and other chronic diseases and improve overall health and wellness outcomes in a vulnerable, underserved population.
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The Prenatal Entry Program (PEP) exists to incentivize entry for low-income families to enroll in prenatal care. Patients living at 200 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) are eligible for the full amount of available funding ($500) to put toward OB initiation fees. Patients…
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The Building a Healthy Community initiative (the Initiative) emerged in 2009 from Bon Secours Health System’s Strategic Quality Plan, one of its goals being, “Partner with our communities to co-create a more humane world, improve health, and model social justice.” Leaders at Bon…
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The program’s primary goal is to facilitate access to care at the right time and in the right place. The Tidelands Community Care Network (TCCN) uses a dual approach of providing care coordination and patient navigation services while also working with community partners to address…
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The Memorial Hermann Mobile Dental Program consists of three 40-foot vans on rotation schedules at nine Memorial Hermann school-based health center sites. The goal of the program is to provide continuity dental care to uninsured children, serving as their dental home. This is…
Administration of medications is one of the most error-prone stages in the medication use process and the least likely to be intercepted. Strategies to enhance safety of medication include implementing bar code medication administration (BCMA) technology. The goal was to fully implement BCMA at the…