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OverviewThe Community Asthma Partnership was launched in 1992 by Baptist Health working with Nemours Children’s Specialty Care and University of Florida Health. Wolfson Children’s Hospital – a Baptist Health hospital – took over operations of the Community Asthma Partnership in 2006. In alignment…
OverviewThe mission of the Wellspring Cooperative Corporation (WCC) is to develop a network of worker-owned cooperatives, business entities that are owned and controlled by their members, formerly underemployed and unemployed inner-city residents who work in them in Springfield, Mass. Worker-owners…
OverviewBaystate Springfield Educational Partnership (BSEP) is a high school health career pathway program for high school-age residents of Springfield, Mass. It includes exploration of health careers, a teen mini-medical school, and summer work employment opportunities to give students interested…
OverviewPartners for a Healthier Community (PHC) is the public health institute of western Massachusetts, advancing public health practice and making systematic improvements with policy changes to improve population health in the Pioneer Valley. It drives policy change leading to system-level…
OverviewChildren who are overweight are at risk for many other health problems, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, bone and joint problems, and gallbladder disease. Baystate Children’s Hospital is committed to reducing the prevalence of childhood obesity and assisting families fighting…
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The Baystate Family Advocacy Center (BFAC) has been operational since 1997. Under hospital and medical leadership, law enforcement, child protection, and prosecutorial disciplines formed an alliance, called the Child Abuse Prevention Alliance of Hampden County and endorsed the children’s…
“Every staff member counts” and “every patient counts.” With this mantra, AllianceHealth Pryor in Pryor Creek, Okla., has reduced readmissions and improved responsiveness to patient needs. Goals for the hospital's readmissions reduction project included improving…