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UnidosUS Alliance Case Study: Lurie Children’s Hospital Community Collaborative Advances Health Equity
With the goal of addressing issues impacting child health comprehensively and collaboratively, NWSHC and Lurie Children’s Hospital partnered to develop and implement community-driven related to child health and well-being.
Advocate Condell Hospital: Improving Process to Improve Infection Prevention and Control
To reduce infection rates more effectively, successful hospitals and health systems are focusing on the fundamentals. For Advocate Condell Hospital, the focus is on process improvements.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: Focusing on Details and Emphasizing Transparency Helps Reduce HAIs
Observing an uptick in health care-associated infections during the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital epidemiology and infection control (HEIC) team at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center took action to reverse the trend.
AHA Value Initiative Members in Action: Rush University Medical Center – Chicago, IL
Several years ago, Rush’s leaders—like many hospital administrators across the country—began preparing for the shift to value-based care. As part of those efforts, the Medical Center’s colorectal surgery team implemented the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program in 2014.
Houston Methodist Willowbrook TeamSTEPPS Success Story
To address preventable obstetric issues, Houston Methodist strengthens protocols with simulation training and communication tools like TeamSTEPPS.
2024 Equity of Care Awards Case Study: Main Line Health
Main Line Health’s strategic collection and utilization of data, as well as its targeted interventions to eliminate disparities within its community, have earned the not-for-profit health system the AHA’s 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Transforming category.
The Value Initiative Members in Action: Children’s Wisconsin – Milwaukee, WI
By expanding communication with patients and families throughout the continuum of care, Children’s Wisconsin sees a higher engagement of family caregivers in their children’s health, leading to fewer visits to the ED and a decrease in avoidable readmissions.
2024 Equity of Care Awards Case Study: AnMed
AnMed’s excellence in implementing language services and community engagement strategies to eliminate health care disparities and improve patient quality outcomes has earned the organization the AHA’s 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Small/Rural Hospital Excellence category.
2024 Equity of Care Awards Case Study: Augusta Health
Augusta Health was awarded the 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Emerging category. Hospitals in the Emerging category are recognized for leveraging AHA’s Health Equity Roadmap to dismantle structural barriers in the communities they serve. Augusta Health is dedicated to providing high-quality health care services to its communities, with a strong emphasis on culturally responsive care and eliminating health disparities.
Building a Governing Board Strategy on Diversity and Health Equity
Nine executives and board members interviews describing how their organizations are prioritizing diversity and health equity with actionable results.