Case Studies

The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.

The western Michigan-based health system’s Healthier Communities initiative oversees and funds dozens of hands-on programs and partnerships aimed at reducing infant mortality, improving children’s health and helping at-risk adults prevent and self-manage chronic disease.
The Southwest Florida system and its partners are raising health and well-being scores by sponsoring a Blue Zones Project®, a comprehensive prevention approach that helps make healthy choices the easiest choices for people.
As part of a recently released workforce TrendWatch, AHA highlights Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System’s initiative to accelerate economic growth, employment and investment as well as expand inclusionary economic opportunities in the community. Read more in this case study.  
Multidisciplinary teams at the University of Tennessee Medical Center used lean methodology to create evidence-based care plans throughout any episode of care, including the ED, outpatient, inpatient, post-acute and home care.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center partners with rural and community hospitals throughout New England to provide telehealth specialty care so patients can stay closer to home. D-H’s telehealth approach improves outcome, lowers costs and supplements clinical staffing in rural areas.
Inova Health System is involved in an interdisciplinary effort to create value by reducing services that provide little or no clinical value to patients.
Intermountain Healthcare – Salt Lake City, Utah Increasing Value by Integrating Behavioral Health Into Patient Visits Intermountain Healthcare improves patient outcomes and reduces costs by integrating behavioral health into every patient visit and normalizing mental health care as routine medical…
To meet the demand for health care workforce development and expansion, New York’s Staten Island Performing Provider System (SI PPS) partnered with the College of Staten Island and SEIU/1199 Training and Education Fund to sponsor an apprenticeship program and short- and long-term training…
In part three of our series discussing Value-Based Health Care, Robert Kaplan, Mary Witkowski and Harry Wolberg from the Harvard Business School examine health care measurements and the importance of measuring patient outcomes.  Health care has a plethora of measurements, but not all are…
In partnership with 100 Million Healthier Lives, the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association developed case studies highlighting community health and population health improvement initiatives focused on housing, food, education, community partnerships and much more. Access the case studies below.