Case Studies

The 黑料正能量 Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.

Nurses at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, part of Catholic Health, introduced a Diabetes Education Quick Tips sheet, a new tool to help patients better understand their diabetes. This reference sheet has visual graphics and an easy-to-follow format that has been well received by patients. The Quick Tips鈥
Overview Nonprofit hospitals in Jacksonville, Fla., are teaming up to offer mental health first aid training throughout their community. 鈥淲e collaborate with the other local health systems to collectively conduct our community needs assessment,鈥 explains Hugh Greene, president and chief executive鈥
Overview In 1995, a group of Bridgeport health, education, and social service providers began meeting to address the challenges of young children and families who were 鈥渇alling through the cracks鈥 and not receiving critically needed services. A collaboration among early childhood service providers鈥
Overview The Care Transitions Intervention (CTI) Program at Sharp Grossmont Hospital (SGH) provides 30-day post-discharge care transition coaching and community resources for underinsured or uninsured vulnerable patients (including homeless and refugee populations). The CTI program involves a鈥
Overview Healthy Smiles for All (HSFA) is a public/private partnership in east Linn and Lincoln counties in Oregon. HSFA is a multifaceted project that provides oral health care to uninsured, underinsured, low-income, homeless, veterans and migrant residents of the counties.
Overview The goal of Munson Medical Center鈥檚 Fruit & Vegetable Prescription pilot program 鈥 funded by a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services grant 鈥 was to increase community/clinical linkages in addressing food access and chronic disease. An emphasis was placed on identifying鈥
Overview The goal of Hartford HealthCare鈥檚 Center for Healthy Aging (the Center) is to connect seniors with the right care, in the right place, at the right time. The Center achieves this goal through resource coordination, geriatric care management, transitional care nursing, and specialized鈥
Overview The domestic violence program of CHRISTUS St. Vincent Medical Center (CSV) domestic violence program falls into the 鈥淰iolence in the Home鈥 super priority 鈥 one of the four super priorities that were adopted by the CSV Board following the 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment (the others鈥
Overview Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines, in partnership with the Chrysalis Foundation and the CHI Mission and Ministry Fund developed and implemented Girl Power, an innovative violence prevention initiative serving young women ages 12 to 18. The program has been successfully implemented at five鈥
Overview Ouachita County Medical Center (OCMC) recognizes the impact that violence has on the health of communities and individuals. Violence that is the result of bullying is prevalent in today鈥檚 society. Bullying does not discriminate based upon age, race, gender, ethnicities or socioeconomic鈥