Case Studies
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
Through collaborative community efforts, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical has improved access to quality care for the deaf and hard of hearing community. The heath system offers a wide range of services, including video remote interpreting, childbirth and related health education taught using…
The Native American Community Outreach initiative at Sanford Health is addressing health disparities and improving health care for Native Americans in the health system’s North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota communities. Focus is on collaborating with tribal leaders about health issues that…
Improving access and quality of maternal and infant services in rural Iowa through a regional center of excellence.
An innovative yet simple approach to improving perinatal care, called TeamBirth, was piloted by four U.S. hospitals including Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This teamwork and communication initiative is empowering laboring moms and supporting clinical care teams, while reducing the…
On Friday, December 10, 2021, the deadliest tornado outbreak on record, for the month of December.
Rising costs and a shortage of health care providers make access to services challenging, especially in rural communities.
Nurse leaders at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH), a 1,541-bed academic medical center in New Haven, Conn., used alternate staffing models to grow and retain their nursing workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vail Health formed Eagle Valley Behavioral Health (EVBH), a 501c3 nonprofit, to lead the community collaboration ensuring access to superior behavioral health services for everyone in Eagle County.
Big city and rural hospitals partner to address critical community health needs. The goal of the partnership is to improve access to care and keep specialty resources close to home.
n November 2021, leaders at Charles A. Cannon, Jr. Memorial Hospital (Cannon) formed Appalachian Regional Behavioral Health (ARBH) Hospital, a 37-bed, walk-in inpatient facility — and the first Critical Access Hospital (CAH) in the country to also house a behavioral health hospital on its campus.