Case Studies
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
Parkview Hospital is one of the oldest – and only remaining – nonprofit hospitals in northeast Indiana. Parkview has a long history of community engagement based on reaching out and collaborating with community leaders and nonprofit agencies to deliver services, increase access, and address the…
The Welcome Baby Program is part of a community network of programs that work together to provide supportive services to families with newborns.
Overview
About eight out of 1,000 babies born in Delaware die before their first birthday, compared with a national rate of about six out of 1,000.
Novant Health is a not-for-profit integrated health system providing care to over 4.4 million patients each year in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. While nationally recognized in the top 150 best places to work in health care, Novant physicians and nurses reported rising rates of…
University of Rochester Medicine (URM) is one of the largest facilities for medical treatment and research in upstate New York. URM had deployed a strategy for the Triple Aim goal of providing high-value patient experience but found that programs designed to foster a change in physician behavior…
Violence is a significant public health issue and of great concern to hospitals caring for victims of violence. It also is a major concern for those who work in hospitals. Among state-run hospitals, which are predominantly psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals, the most common event leading to…
Sixteen years ago, Victoria Flanagan, R.N., M.S., and Michele Lauria, M.D., M.S., became increasingly alarmed as provider after provider closed vaginal-birth-after-a-caesarean (VBAC) programs across northern New England. Today, NNEPQIN consists of 43 organizations throughout New Hampshire, Vermont…
In 2001, a Samaritan Health Services (SHS) physician, Dr. Richard Wopat, recognized the need to improve birth outcomes of high-risk pregnant women in the region. In collaboration with various community and state partners, he started a pilot program in 2002 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center…
The Minnesota Hospital Association is leading the charge against clinician burnout with a statewide quality improvement approach. Read the case study now.