Population/Community Health
Omaha鈥檚 University of Nebraska Medical Center hopes it can change how at-risk youth think about violence by showing them what happens to gunshot victims inside the emergency department.The medical center last April teamed up with Nebraska Medicine to launch 鈥淒usk to Dawn,鈥 a program designed for 12鈥
November is National Diabetes Month, and all kinds of events are planned on the local and national levels to bring attention to the burgeoning epidemic. Hospitals and health systems are working with their communities to sponsor screenings, informational sessions, fund-raising walks and healthy-鈥
The AHA today released a guide to help hospital and health system board members and leaders implement an urgent care center strategy to maintain an access point for urgent medical conditions that can be treated on an outpatient basis, without having to maintain emergency medical services or鈥
Hospitals don鈥檛 need to be the last link in the violence chain and simply patch up victims, says Dannielle Gilyan, Eskenazi Health鈥檚 injury prevention coordinator in Indianapolis, Ind. Like her organization, she says they can work in their communities to prevent people from ever becoming victims of鈥
AHA and AMGA members may apply through Oct. 27 to participate in an intensive learning collaborative on managing population health and succeeding in the new Medicare physician payment models. The Clinical Integration: Pathway to Value collaborative is designed to help hospitals and medical groups鈥
Recent events have reminded us that in times of crisis, whether natural or man-made, hospitals are always there, ready to care. From Texas and Florida to Puerto Rico and Las Vegas, America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems are clearly essential anchors in their communities.In addition to providing鈥
As a new generation of payment and delivery system reform emerges, much focus has been on a subset of the population referred to as high-need, high-cost patients.
Washington Heights, a community impacted by 770 cases of domestic violence a day, now has the Family PEACE (Preventing Early Adverse Childhood Experiences) Trauma Treatment Center to help break the cycle of violence. Located at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the center not only provides鈥
Montefiore Medical Center's goal was to increase access and supply of healthy food and beverage options in local stores. To do so, it partnered with local bodegas and community-based organizations in the Bronx to target four areas where obesity was high. This partnership, Healthy Store Initiative,鈥
Schuyler Hospital's Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Schuyler initiative offers various opportunities for Schuyler County's residents to eat and feel better. With the help of multiple community organizations, HEAL Schuyler introduced more than 15 programs to promote healthy eating and physical鈥