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The path to eliminating disparities in health care has a few roadblocks: limited resources and access to capital, competing regulatory issues and challenges, and resistance to change. But eliminating disparities improves quality of care, efficiency and patient satisfaction, and reduces costs.
Womansplace Crisis Center is committed to working toward the elimination of violence against women, children and men through direct services, education and social activism. The center provides services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in English, Spanish, Cape Verdean Creole,…
A “simple” complex plan is reducing readmissions at Wythe County Community Hospital, a 100-bed facility in Wytheville, Va. Care teams reviewed data to determine which patients kept returning to WCCH within 30 days of discharge—and frequently visiting the ED—and developed the…
Part 2 in this series discusses the innovative strategies and initiatives of the 2013 Quest for Quality Prize recipients.
If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middletown, Conn., began meeting with community partners. The objective: to work collaboratively to improve the hand-off process for heart failure patients being discharged to skilled nursing facilities and…
AHA files Amicus Brief in support of ACA subsidies for federally-facilitated exchange participants
The community guide is a resource to help hospitals and community organizations choose programs to improve health and prevent disease at the community level. It also helps organizations assess the effectiveness of programs and policies.