Community Connections
OverviewAccessHealth鈥檚 mission is to support communities in creating and sustaining coordinated, data-driven provider networks of care that provide medical homes and ensure timely, affordable, high-quality health care services for low-income uninsured people in South Carolina. Greenville Health鈥
OverviewClinical studies have shown that patients treated by physicians and staff who are familiar with their culture, language and customs are more receptive and do better than those treated by clinicians of another culture. Familia y Salud (FYS) was designed in 2010 to ensure the highest level of鈥
OverviewHoly Name Medical Center (HNMC) offers 83,700 Jewish community members targeted health education and screenings, including Sunday mammograms and hospice programs accredited by the National Institute for Jewish Hospice. Other HNMC culturally appropriate amenities within the hospital system鈥
OverviewThe mission of the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence (Rees-Jones Center) is to ensure that children in foster care receive the highest quality health care and necessary community support for full recovery and future success. The Center began as an extension of the child abuse and鈥
OverviewChildren鈥檚 Health System of Texas formed the Health and Wellness Alliance for Children (the Alliance) in early 2013 after a 鈥渓istening鈥 tour of local organizations serving children and families revealed a lack of sustained impact due to the fragmented nature of individual social service鈥
What is it?
The overarching goal of the School Wellness Program at Harry S. Truman High School is to help students stay in school, thus improving chances for academic success. Short-term goals include provision of nursing services, mental health crisis counseling and prevention education sessions鈥
OverviewIn response to lead and environmental hazards that threaten the health of children and families, the Connecticut Children鈥檚 Medical Center established the Connecticut Children鈥檚 Healthy Homes Program (Healthy Homes). Healthy Homes launched in 2003 to make children鈥檚 lives healthier by鈥
OverviewSt. John鈥檚 Regional Medical Center and St. John鈥檚 Pleasant Valley Hospital are committed to giving all persons with heart failure within the community, and their family members, the knowledge and support necessary to help them maintain the highest quality of life and reduce their risk of鈥
Overview
Since Connecticut Children鈥檚 Medical Center opened in 1996, they have advanced care coordination for patients through the Connecticut Children鈥檚 Center for Care Coordination (CCC). Recently, with support from the Connecticut Children鈥檚 Office for Community Child Health, the CCC expanded鈥
OverviewAs the result of a three-year multi-faceted Maryland state planning effort to address health-related challenges, the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission and Department of Health & Mental Hygiene has funded a four-year, $5 million Health Enterprise Zone initiative, the West鈥