Case Studies
The 黑料正能量 Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
BackgroundMedStar Health is a not-for-profit health system in the Maryland and Washington, D.C., area. MedStar comprises 10 hospitals and numerous other facilities, providing outpatient and ambulatory care, urgent care, primary care, post-acute rehab and home health. The health system has opened鈥
BackgroundIllinois Valley Community Hospital is a 49-bed, not-for-profit hospital located in Peru, Ill. This small, rural facility is the only full-service independent hospital serving its north-central Illinois community.
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Henry Ford Health System is a not-for-profit corporation composed of hospitals, medical centers, an insurance company, private physicians and a large group practice. The Henry Ford Medical Group includes more than 1,200 physicians practicing in over 40 specialties. Henry Ford Hospital in鈥
Cortland Regional Medical Center's Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmissions for patients with congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The program utilizes concepts and tools from programs such as 鈥淭ransitions Intervention鈥 and鈥
SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) and the number of indwelling urinary catheter days. These strategies include:
To help reduce 30-day readmission rates, South Nassau Communities Hospital implemented 鈥淩ight Care,鈥 a proprietary software program that identifies patients who are at risk for readmission and recommends the appropriate level of post-acute care. 鈥淩ight Care鈥 allows intake鈥
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Founded in 1991, Providence St. Peter Hospital Sexual Assault Clinic and Child Maltreatment Center provides medical services to children and adults who are victims of sexual or physical abuse. The clinic is the only facility of its kind in the region and receives patient referrals from鈥
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Healing Hurt People (HHP), the cornerstone program of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, recognizes that victims of violence often have physical and mental health consequences that go untreated. HHP offers a hospital-based trauma-informed intervention to address both the鈥
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Domestic violence is a major public health concern that affects four to six million relationships each year in the United States. When victims are restricted and controlled by their abuser, one of the few places they are able to go is to their health care provider. For this reason, health鈥
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John Muir Health (JMH) recognizes the role violence plays in the health of communities and individuals caught in the cycle of violence. The Beyond Violence program is a hospital-based violence intervention program that aims to promote community health by intervening at the critical and鈥