Community Partnerships
The commitment to address and work to end violence in our communities and hospitals is a priority for all members of the hospital staff and care teams. Often, our volunteer workforce is on the front lines confronting these incidences of violence.
With summer now upon us, and as temperatures rise,…
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Houston is struggling with a mental health crisis. With a shortage of psychiatric facilities and a lack of financial resources, insured and uninsured patients are left seeking services from emergency department (ED) physicians and nurses untrained in psychiatry. They face problems that…
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The Emergency Department Initiative (EDI) is a collaboration between Northridge Hospital Medical Center and Tarzana Treatment Center (TTC) that began in 2004. TTC has extensive experience in primary care, HIV/AIDS, substance use disorders, and mental health. The objective of the…
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In 2006, Intermountain Health designated a system-wide fund for mental health initiatives throughout the state. The driving philosophy was to increase access to follow-up care for hospital patients, decrease the use of the emergency departments (EDs), and provide personal medication…
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Samaritan Health Services (SHS) believes that everyone in the community deserves quality health care. With this in mind and supporting the organization’s motto of building healthy communities together, in 1993 SHS partnered with the Linn County Department of Health and Human Services and…
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Nonprofit hospitals in Jacksonville, Fla., are teaming up to offer mental health first aid training throughout their community.
“We collaborate with the other local health systems to collectively conduct our community needs assessment,” explains Hugh Greene, president and chief executive…
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In 1995, a group of Bridgeport health, education, and social service providers began meeting to address the challenges of young children and families who were “falling through the cracks” and not receiving critically needed services. A collaboration among early childhood service providers…
Keeping people healthy makes a lot more sense than treating them once they become ill. That’s why hospitals are increasingly engaged in health improvement strategies to build healthier communities and complement the health care they deliver.
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The Care Transitions Intervention (CTI) Program at Sharp Grossmont Hospital (SGH) provides 30-day post-discharge care transition coaching and community resources for underinsured or uninsured vulnerable patients (including homeless and refugee populations). The CTI program involves a…
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Healthy Smiles for All (HSFA) is a public/private partnership in east Linn and Lincoln counties in Oregon. HSFA is a multifaceted project that provides oral health care to uninsured, underinsured, low-income, homeless, veterans and migrant residents of the counties.