Case Studies
The American Hospital Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
What is it?This evidence-based fall-prevention program helps older adults reduce their risk of falling by participating and engaging in Matter of Balance workshops and learning about safety hazards in the home.Who is it for?Individuals, mainly seniors, who have fallen or are at risk of falling.
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Let the Youth Lead the Way is one of four programs in The MetroHealth System’s Community Health Advocacy Initiative. The initiative is designed to address health disparities and improve the health status of local residents by engaging community members. This particular project engages…
What is it?The WAG Trail is a nine-mile, multi-use recreation trail and historic transportation corridor in Allegany County, extending between the Village of Wellsville and the Pennsylvania state line. It follows the route of the former Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad along the upper…
What is it?Plainfield Health Connections (PHC) is a JFK Medical Center initiative whose mission is to improve the health of uninsured and underinsured residents in the greater Plainfield community and reduce health care costs through innovative community health care. This includes reducing…
Based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Gundersen Health System is an integrated tertiary referral center serving 19 counties in western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota and Iowa. Its telehealth service lines include adult and pediatric allergies; asthma and immunology; bariatric survey; behavioral health;…
Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, there are currently 12 regional and two national telehealth resource centers across the country. Their overarching mission is to meet the…
An integrated health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Avera Health serves patients in an area of more than 545,000 square miles throughout South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota. Its telehealth program, Avera eCare, partners with clinics, independent hospitals…
In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA Rural Development grant for more than $450,000 to create the Southern Illinois Telemedicine Initiative. The goal is to improve access and quality of care to seven rural hospitals, including four…
Mercy, a large Catholic health care system, began its telehealth initiatives with an eICU program in 2006. In 2015, the health system opened a four-story, $54 million virtual care center with 330 employees. This facility includes an eICU, which connects with 30 ICUs in seven states, and telestroke…
Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana, is working with community stakeholders, including the Missoula City-County Health Department and school district, to spread CATCH, a Coordinated Approach to Child Health. CATCH is a school-based program that targets individual behavior change,…