Patient and Family Education/Engagement
What is it?In 2012, Mount Desert Island Hospital partnered with nonprofit organizations in three counties to launch the Coastal Care Team (CCT). The team works closely with patient-centered medical home practices to identify complex, high-need patients who may benefit from additional services.…
What is it?In 2012, the Rutland Community Health Team started an Advance Directive (AD) Explainer program that uses trained hospital volunteers to facilitate the completion and filing of ADs for healthy adults. Program volunteers navigate the process, explain the forms, help clients express their…
What is it?It has been two years since Roger Williams Medical Center and Fatima Hospital – both part of the CharterCARE system – opened the state’s first senior-friendly emergency departments (EDs). Both departments underwent physical renovations and modifications, while staff received enhanced…
What is it?An innovative model of group care, CenteringPregnancy allows a pregnant woman to meet regularly with a nurse-midwife and several women in similar stages of pregnancy for health assessments, education and peer support. The program empowers the mother-to-be by teaching her how to be an…
What is it?HELP provides access to routine health care, culturally competent care and education, and a support group. HELP care plans are customized based on the individual’s needs, and high-risk program participants receive a kit containing an electronic tablet and other necessary medical…
What is it?Established in 1994, the Creative Arts Program uses a variety of art media, such as painting or ceramics, as a treatment modality. This innovative therapeutic art studio complements the hospital’s existing therapy programs to enhance the rehabilitative process and improve the quality of…
What is it?The program includes individual and group education on topics such as understanding the diabetes disease process, the relationship between diabetes and food, healthy meal planning, using monitoring results to manage one’s diabetes, medication use, how to prevent or delay complications…
What is it?Clean Air for Kids (CAFK) is an asthma-management program that works to reduce asthma morbidity and mortality by mitigating and eliminating environmental triggers. They also provide prevention education and management services to families with chronic respiratory concerns and/or…
What is it?The hospital’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Department, in partnership with the Ocean Community YMCA in Westerly, offers a six-week Cardiac Risk Factor Reduction Program that includes a six-week membership at the Y, a heart rate monitor, three medically monitored telemetry sessions, an…
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