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Integrating Behavioral Health into Pediatric Care: Hospital-led Solutions to a Growing Crisis
While the challenges are national, many children’s hospitals are already putting integration into practice in ways that reflect the needs of their communities and patient populations. The following case studies demonstrate how integrated models are taking shape and what hospital leaders, particularly those in children’s hospitals, can learn from them.
2024 Equity of Care Awards Case Study: Augusta Health
Augusta Health was awarded the 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Emerging category. Hospitals in the Emerging category are recognized for leveraging AHA’s Health Equity Roadmap to dismantle structural barriers in the communities they serve. Augusta Health is dedicated to providing high-quality health care services to its communities, with a strong emphasis on culturally responsive care and eliminating health disparities.
Using Z Codes to Reduce Disparities in Health Outcomes in Rural Indiana
Hospitals and health systems are working to address the societal factors that influence health, including the social needs of their patients, social drivers of health in their communities and the root causes that lead to health disparities.
NYC Health + Hospitals | New York
NYC Health + Hospitals (NYC H+H) is the largest municipal health care system in the United States and a proud metropolitan anchor hospital (MAH). NYC H+H provides essential inpatient, outpatient, and home-based services to more than one million New Yorkers annually in more than 70 locations across the city’s five boroughs.
2024 Equity of Care Awards Case Study: Main Line Health
Main Line Health’s strategic collection and utilization of data, as well as its targeted interventions to eliminate disparities within its community, have earned the not-for-profit health system the AHA’s 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Transforming category.
Members in Action Maternal Case Study: Partnering to Improve Birth Outcomes in a Rural Community
In 2015, Kearny launched the Pioneer Baby program in partnership with KU School of Medicine-Wichita to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes by reducing pregnancy complications, premature births, low- or extremely high-birth weight, and cesarean sections while increasing breastfeeding rates.
Hospital Provides Newborns with 'Readiness Bags' for Early Education
Plenty of babies and parents leave the hospital with a few gifts, whether it’s a signature onesie or an extra pack of diapers. But for those leaving University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, the “Readiness Bag” is not just for the body, but for the mind.
Henry Ford Hospital | Michigan
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, is committed to serving the diverse population of the city and metro area. Discover our exceptional performance in cardiology, neurology, orthopedics, transplant procedures, and cancer care.
Members in Action Case Study: Care Navigation for High-Risk Moms to Combat Disparate Outcomes
Through its MOMs program, Northwell Health seeks to decrease the incidence of preventable maternal morbidity and mortality in its community, especially for women of color, by focusing on care before conception, during pregnancy and through the “fourth trimester” — the 12 weeks after delivery.
The Value Initiative Members In Action: NewYork-Presbyterian New York, NY
When patients from specific neighborhoods come to NewYork-Presbyterian for medical care, they are now screened for social determinants of health and linked to community resources to support their return to health and wellness.