Community Partnerships
What is it?The Asthma Action Team is a multidisciplinary, multilingual, familycentered program within the Center for Pediatric Medicine (CPM), the largest primary care outpatient clinic of its kind in South Carolina. Through significant collaboration with a diverse network of partners, the team…
What is it?Developed by Maricopa Integrated Health System, the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic (RWHC) provides comprehensive care across the reproductive life span of the women’s refugee community in Maricopa County. The only such program in the United States, RWHC provides services including…
What is it?
We Care of Lee County is a non-profit human service and health care collaboration that helps uninsured residents gain access to specialty medical care. We Care staff coordinate services provided by private, licensed health care providers who donate appointments for a wide array of…
What is it?CarePartners gives eligible adults access to a volunteer network of primary care and specialty providers as well as care management, low-cost medications and other needed services like transportation and behavioral health care. CarePartners helps enrollees transition to public and…
What is it?The Medication Assistance Program helps uninsured and underinsured patients obtain long-term prescription medication through pharmaceutical companies. Catholic Medical Center staff assist patients in determining eligibility, as well as completing and submitting the necessary paperwork…
What is it?Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play (CHP2LWP) targets obesity and Type 2 diabetes by creating an environment that fosters physical activity and healthy eating. This program offers guidance, education and training to move toward policy adoption and environmental change.…
What is it?Lancaster General Health (LGH) has been building bridges to Lancaster County’s Amish settlement for nearly 25 years with outreach programs that respect that unique population’s traditions and beliefs. Programs include a free child immunization program; educational group meetings for…
This infographic presents the diverse roles that hospital leaders can play in building a culture of health and highlights key points summarized in October 2014 report.
To become an effective population health manager, a hospital must create effective partnerships.
Overview
In 1999, when two local hospital emergency departments (EDs) and a small primary care clinic closed, the remaining local EDs struggled to serve one of the state’s largest uninsured patient populations. Orange County providers, including Orange County Government, hospitals, federally…