Community Partnerships
Infectious disease specialist Manuel Gordillo, M.D., of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System in Florida, says the best way to tackle vaccine readiness is for people to have conversations with
Access to behavioral health care unfortunately remains difficult due to the shortage of providers, stigma, lack of a true connected continuum of care, and more. This series of case studies featuring the innovative work of hospitals and health systems and their community partners, details how…
WakeMed Health & Hospitals faced a behavioral health crisis in the system’s seven emergency departments in 2017. Patients waited for days to get access to acute inpatient services. Today, a high-performance, multidisciplinary network of inpatient, outpatient and community-benefit…
In Tampa Bay and West Central Florida, 1 in 6 people live with depression and 1 in 12 have a substance use disorder. Leaders from a broad representation of health care systems, agencies, elected officials, insurance companies, large employers and community service agencies recognized that they…
Rural areas have the highest rates of suicide and drug overdoses in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Avera Behavioral Health offers a full suite of behavioral health care services including a comprehensive eCARE telehealth solution delivering services in…
Atrium Health worked with partners to roll out mass vaccination events, roving units and smaller vaccination events to reduce barriers to access.
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As Rush University Medical Center in Chicago ramped up COVID-19 vaccine distribution across the communities it serves, infectious disease experts looked for effective ways to connect with a key group: people who have reservations about taking the vaccine.
While many churches across the U.S. have been waiting to open their doors to their entire congregation for worship during the pandemic, they are taking on a new role: vaccination clinics. In Jackson, Mississippi, St. Dominic Hospital is working with local churches to make sure more people have…
Here are the stories of how hospitals and health systems are vaccinating a nation through creativity, collaboration and compassion.