Case Studies
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
What is it?Hispanocare is a not-for-profit PPO network of more than 200 bilingual and bicultural providers representing nearly 300 office locations. The program provides quality, cost-effective health care to Chicago’s Latino community in a culturally sensitive manner. To ease the financial burden…
What is it?The Annual Ellsworth County Health Fair has been in existence for more than 20 years and keeps getting bigger and better. The fair is hosted by the Ellsworth County Medical Center and housed at a large community building in downtown Ellsworth. The fair informs the general public of…
What is it?This Safe Driving Class is the AARP 55 Alive program, composed of a new four-hour curriculum designed specifically for mature drivers. It covers a variety of topics including possible changes in vision, hearing and reaction time in drivers over the age of 50 and how to compensate for…
What is it?Ecu-Health Care and North Adams Regional Hospital formed a partnership to help patients receive affordable care. Community health workers from Ecu-Health Care meet with patients on the North Adams Regional Hospital campus to discuss barriers that may prevent them from receiving health…
OverviewThe Latino population in South Carolina's Pee Dee region is growing rapidly. In South Carolina, Hispanic mothers have had the highest rates of late or no prenatal care compared with other maternal race and ethnicity categories. In 2007, the March of Dimes funded the Latina Perinatal…
Find out how INTEGRIS Health is providing critical medical services to uninsured Oklahomans through its Baptist Community Clinic.
OverviewAt Harrington HealthCare, we provide comprehensive health care to the residents and communities of South Central Massachusetts and Northeastern Connecticut. Committed to Total Local Care (TLC), we provide compassionate care and advanced technology close to home. We are continuing a long…
OverviewBecky's Place is a boutique located inside Lexington Medical Center that offers products including wigs, mastectomy bras and prosthetics for women who are recovering from breast cancer. Open since 2000, it is named in honor of a Lexington Medical Center Foundation board member and…
OverviewThese two small hospitals and the five southwest Kansas communities they serve – Ashland, Coldwater, Englewood, Protection, and Wilmore – joined forces to benefit the women of their communities. The towns recently formed a non-profit organization, the WEPAC Alliance, which is dedicated to…
What is it?This program is designed to increase child safety awareness. Hospital personnel present programs throughout the three local grade schools and pre-schools on child passenger safety, safe routes to school, bike safety and water safety. Car seats, life jackets and smoke detectors are given…