Case Studies
The 黑料正能量 Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
What is it?Project Search is a one-year, school-to-work transition program for students that was modeled after the growing Project SEARCH national program. Student trainees from the Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Kent, Stow-Monroe Falls, Tallmadge, and Woodridge school districts (Six District Educational鈥
What is it?Access to dental care for the uninsured and medical assistance patients was seriously lacking in York and Adams counties. WellSpan formed a task force in each county to address that and related issues. Composed of dentists, social service organizations, business community and government鈥
What is it?Opened in 2004, the Family Caring Clinic is a low-cost, sliding-fee scale (based on household income) practice that accepts almost all types of insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and self-pay. The Family Caring Clinic is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) with look-alike status. The鈥
What is it?Punxsutawney Area Hospital鈥檚 Amish Outreach Program is a part of its charity care and financial assistance program. The majority of the hospital鈥檚 Amish customers do not accept charity care and want to pay for the services they receive, but they realize that health care costs are too鈥
What is it?Meadville Medical Center helped form and continues to assist in the operation of the Meadville Area Free Clinic, which has provided free primary care in the area for the past 10 years. The clinic treats about 100 people per month at a cost to the clinic of about $30 per visit, including鈥
What is it?Milagro House is a long-term, education-based residential program for homeless mothers and their children, sponsored by the hospital and Lancaster General College of Nursing and Health Sciences. The program is designed to empower women to overcome the limitations of their past and to鈥
What is it?Aultman Hospital鈥檚 trauma staff has been working in the community for several years, mostly with area schools on various aspects of safety tips and injury prevention. For example, staff members take the national 鈥淭hink First鈥 program to area 10h-graders and discuss brain and spinal cord鈥
What is it?Aultman Hospital prepares first-graders for a safe summer and lifetime of bicycle riding. In 2005, the first 鈥淪afety First鈥 program began. Students are given a new bicycle helmet and a lesson on riding safely. Classes use an activity book to teach tips such as arm signals, which side of鈥
What is it?Now an umbrella for several programs, Bensalem Ministries was started in 1991 with Mother Bachmann Maternity Center, the only one of its kind in the area that accepts women regardless of their ability to pay. In 1998, the Family Resource Center was established, a collection of programs鈥
What is it?This community-wide partnership follows a national health care delivery model to mobilize physician volunteers and align existing medical resources to care for low-income, uninsured patients. More than 600 physicians, pharmacists, the county鈥檚 four hospitals, local health care workers,鈥