Case Studies
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
What is it?The Community Hospital of Bremen donates space in its physician clinic facility to a broad range of community service organizations.
What is it?The Albemarle Hospital Foundation, which was created in 2003, developed Community Care Clinics to offer free primary care, prescriptions, and prescription assistance to the region’s growing indigent, uninsured, and underinsured population. The Foundation has created Community Care…
What is it?In an effort to make sports safer for student-athletes, the hospital is providing a certified athletic trainer (ATC) at Brattleboro Union High School (BUHS) to manage and prevent athletic injuries. The program is a cooperative effort of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH), BUHS, and…
What is it?Funded by Goodall Hospital, the Senior Advocate Service has become a free, centralized support system for elderly in need. In many instances, the Senior Advocate cooperates with other community agencies to help the elderly get needed services. The Senior Advocate has extensive knowledge…
What is it?Involvement by INTEGRIS Health began with more typical after-school and summer programs and school health services but has since graduated to running the charter elementary school, fully sponsored through Oklahoma's elementary school charter program. Charter status provides site-…
What is it?The Teddy Bear Clinic was designed to give children a comfortable feeling about visiting the hospital. Children brought their favorite teddy bear with them to learn what it is like to be admitted to a hospital. After checking the teddy bears in and providing an identifying bracelet for…
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What is it?FRESH is a nutrition program taught in several Baltimore-area elementary schools and created by Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The program is designed to lower future heart disease risk by establishing good life-long nutrition and exercise habits in children. FRESH aims to reduce…
What is it?A state-of-the-art mobile clinic that began in 1996, the Family Van keeps a regular schedule with stops weekly or monthly at more than a dozen locations across the state. It also makes appearances at health fairs, schools and other events. Operated by the Women & Infants Center for…
What is it?The AJH Pedometer Community is a program for second-graders in the Triton Regional Elementary, and Newburyport Elementary school systems, designed to raise awareness of the importance of good health and fitness. Since September 2006, the second-grade classes of the selected schools have…