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Kittitas Valley Healthcare
Situated in Ellensburg in the heart of central Washington, Kittitas County Public Hospital District No. 1, also known as Kittitas Valley Healthcare (KVH), provides care to Kittitas County and surrounding areas.
Data-Driven Initiative Drives Down Disparities in Rural Health Care
Identifying the underlying factors that contribute to disparities in outcomes in vulnerable rural populations and developing strategies to address these issues remain constant challenges, but progress is being made. OSF Healthcare’s Health Equities Action Lab (HEAL) is employing a data-driven strategy to address breast cancer disparity outcomes among its Illinois patients, 65% of whom live in rural areas.
3 Ways Hospitals Are Tackling Maternal Health Innovation
The need to improve maternal and child health equity in America while reducing access disparities has become a national focus. As policymakers and provider organizations continue to seek ways to reverse these trends, hospitals and health systems are stepping up with innovative efforts.
2024 Equity of Care Awards Case Study: AnMed
AnMed’s excellence in implementing language services and community engagement strategies to eliminate health care disparities and improve patient quality outcomes has earned the organization the AHA’s 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Small/Rural Hospital Excellence category.
Equity of Care Awards Case Study: Monument Health Rapid City Hospital
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital’s excellence in using quantitative and qualitative data to address disparities and improve patient health quality resulted in the organization winning AHA’s 2023 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Small/Rural Hospital Excellence category.
Case Study: Adapting to the New Workforce Environment: Hannibal Regional Healthcare System Outreach
Rural hospitals face significant staffing shortages. Only 10% of physicians in the United States practice in rural areas despite rural populations accounting for 20% of the population.
Why Rural Hospitals May Have Some Advantages to Drive Tech Innovation
Rural hospitals and health systems may not have the size, resources or scale of their urban and academic medical center counterparts, but they have ideal traits to help spur technology innovation.
Special Report: How Health Care Disruptors will Transform the Field in 2024
AHA Market Scan special report explores which companies aim to deliver transformational change in 2024.
Feeding the Residents of Hardeman County Tennessee
On October 30, 2018 Hardeman County Tennessee adopted its community health needs assessment (CHNA) developed under the leadership of West Tennessee Healthcare Bolivar General Hospital (BGH) and in cooperation with the Hardeman County Health Council (Council).