Case Studies

The American Hospital Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.

For Atrium Health’s 40 hospitals, 1,400 care center locations and staff of more than 70,000, developing a greater understanding of patients’ needs and the different cultural practices within the communities it serves has dramatically enhanced its efforts toward advancing health equity, diversity…
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Virtua Health, a comprehensive community health system, serves communities in southern New Jersey and the greater Philadelphia region. The health system sees 8,000 to 9,000 deliveries across three of its five acute care hospitals, making women’s health among its leading service lines. Virtua used…
As COVID-19 vaccine demand ebbed and flowed, Huntington Hospital managed a constant cycle of testing the vaccination process and adjusting on the fly.
As of early October 2021, the health system reached a 99% vaccination rate among staff and more than 600,000 people were vaccinated throughout the region.
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital (HDVCH), part of Spectrum Health, is a 234-bed comprehensive children’s hospital in downtown Grand Rapids, that not only serves the needs of the local community, but also is a regional referral center for Spectrum Health and western Michigan. During the pandemic,…
St. Peter’s Health, a non-profit health system in Helena, Montana, serves over 97,000 residents across five counties. The system’s Taking Care of You program connected more than 300 patients experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and their families, with community resources to support…
Nationwide Children’s launched a national movement On Our Sleeves to break stigmas around children’s mental health in 2018, and in March 2020 opened Big Lots Behavioral health pavilion.
Trinity Health is targeting marketing and communication efforts to encourage COVID-19 vaccine confidence and administer shots to minority populations.