Case Studies
The 黑料正能量 Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
Providing comprehensive outpatient care for people living with HIV disease in suburban Virginia, Inova Juniper Program enhances quality of life for over 1,300 uninsured and underinsured clients.
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鈥檚 largest uninsured patient populations. Orange County providers, including Orange County Government, hospitals, federally鈥
OverviewThe Neighborhood School Nurse Initiative is a collaborative effort between Froedtert Hospital, Westside Academies (a K-8 public charter school), and Progressive Community Health Center (a federally qualified health center), to provide a full-time school nurse for about 700 students in the鈥
What is it?St. Mary鈥檚 Hospital, part of SSM Health Care, partners with ABC for Health, a not-for-profit public interest law firm, to provide advocacy in financial and legal health care issues. The partnership also provides proactive health benefits counseling services to help patients secure all鈥
OverviewIn 1991, in partnership with Baltimore鈥檚 Seventh Baptist Church, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (UMH) opened a primary health care clinic to provide services to uninsured residents of northeast Baltimore. Originally located in the basement of a house owned by the church, the clinic has鈥
What is it?With the increasing trend of childhood obesity in this country, Frisbie Memorial Hospital鈥檚 latest community initiative is to improve the nutrition and fitness habits of children. 鈥淗ealthy Moves鈥 is a collaboration between Frisbie鈥檚 Outpatient Nutrition Services and Rehabilitation鈥
What is it?
The Golden Heart Project is a coalition working to alleviate the impact of chronic alcoholism on individuals and the community. Partners from organizations representing public safety and corrections, government, health care, business, and behavioral health treatment work together to鈥
What is it?The Food and Nutrition Department of Elliot Hospital created the Cook Better! Live Better! program to teach both children and adults how to shop, cook, and eat healthy. Nutrition information, food tastings, and basic cooking techniques are presented in a relaxing and entertaining鈥
What is it?The Rector Diabetes Education and Resource Center is a 2,000-square-foot building with classroom space and a demonstration kitchen, plus a mix of high-tech fitness equipment and interactive media kiosks. Core programming of the Rector Center is the Healthy Kids Initiative, which screens鈥
What is it?The HERO program brings a collaboration of experts into classrooms to teach about important health topics. The topics provide age-appropriate information on a specific health issue; teach children to identify signs of a disease process; or offer a way for children to improve their鈥