Case Studies
The American Hospital Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
What is it?Ruth’s Book Nook is a freestanding book store located in the center of the hospital; the location provides a welcome respite for the staff and visitors but more importantly serves as the source of funds for the Robert Groeninger Teen Volunteer Scholarship. The scholarship is named in…
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Arts in Healthcare at Lee Health links the expressive arts with the healing arts to provide relief for patients, families, visitors and staff. The inherent goal is to enhance the patient’s experience while offering creative channels for expression, stress reduction and enhancement of…
What is it?The four Community Health and Education Houses provide support in four areas of living: cancer, diabetes, aging, and women’s issues. The goal of the Peitz Cancer Support House, which is one of only 17 such houses nationwide, is to provide free comprehensive support services in a home-…
What is it?Healthy Communities Partnership (HCP) is a local health coalition serving Logan County and eastern Mason County, Illinois. The partnership brings together more than 50 community agencies and organizations to create the healthiest community in America. Its efforts are funded by the…
What is it?The Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital (ALMH) Market is an indoor, producer-only farmers market in Lincoln. Vendors must either grow or make the items they sell. The Market is located at the Logan County Fairgrounds every Saturday May through October and is a wellness destination that…
As one of only two hospitals in Yuma County, Yuma District Hospital and Clinic (YDHC) can ascertain its community's health through the County Health Needs Assessment (HNA). In 2009, an HNA identified some of the biggest health problems in Yuma: poverty, obesity, lack of accessibility to healthy…
Claremont Village is a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing development in the South Bronx and home to over 13,000 residents. Claremont Village and its surrounding neighborhood suffer from immense poverty, obesity, diabetes, low access to healthy foods, poor sanitation, crime and…
North Country HealthCare is a federally qualified health center serving fourteen communities in northern Arizona. In 2010, North Country received a grant from the Kresge Foundation to create a program called Hermosa Vida that works upstream to improve the community's health outcomes. Hermosa Vida…
Codman Square Health Center in downtown Dorchester, MA exemplifies how a health center can build and advocate for a healthy community. Established in 1979 by William J. Walczak and a local civic organization, the health center began with two physicians in the basement of an old library and a goal…
The Coachella Valley is a region in Southern California with an incredibly high rate of HIV. Based on the knowledge that increasing the number of people being tested for HIV can lead to decreased transmission, a campaign to increase testing called “Get Tested Coachella Valley” was…