Success Stories by Topic: Hospitals and clinics

• Health Future, LLC- Oregon
  October 2009
  Health Future is a unique shared services organization jointly owned by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and six other Oregon hospitals.
• Briscoe County Community Clinic
  July 2009
  This project provided primary and preventive health care services, health education, screenings, assistance in applying for entitlement programs, discounted fees for services, prenatal care, and class D pharmacy services to underserved residents of rural Texas.
• Point Roberts Wellness Clinic
  July 2009
  A Wellness Clinic is established in an isolated town in rural Washington.
• Bear Lake Memorial Hospital, Montpelier
  July 2008
  In cooperation with community and regional organizations, Bear Lake has been successful in strengthening the economy of Southeast Idaho and expanding the availability of modern, high quality health care throughout a very large service area.
• External Peer Review Program- Illinois
  April 2008
  Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) members (CEOs) recognized a need to have an outside/external mechanism for physician peer review for their hospitals.
• Ohio State Health Network-Patient Advocate
  March 2008
  Describes a Patient Advocate Program in the Ohio State Health Network.
• Remanufactured Medical Devices and Infectious Waste Disposal in the Carolinas
  August 2007
  The Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance (CCHA) negotiated a regional agreement for remanufactured medical devices, as well as for the disposal of medical waste.
• Leadership Development Services
  August 2007
  The Public Hospital Cooperative (PHC) and its formal Leadership Development committee have developed the Leadership Development Series, which focuses on education for hospitals, clinics, and long-term care unit managers.
• Nevada Rural Hospital Partners Property Insurance Program
  August 2007
  The Nevada Rural Hospital Partners (NRHP) have implemented a very simple hospital property insurance program intended to bring value to network members, and a revenue stream to networks.
• Moving Beyond Enrollment
  July 2005
  This network was formed to support experienced community-based outreach workers in providing the follow-up necessary to educate Medicaid clients, help them solve problems, and utilize the health care system most effectively in order to receive health care.
• Rural Health Outreach (Kansas)
  July 2005
  This project was designed to develop and operate a network of Health and Wellness Centers in order to provide comprehensive primary care, prevention, health education, and transportation services to locally owned clinic sites.
• Rural Health Outreach (Maine)
  July 2005
  The care management services provided by this project facilitated a cooperative effort among health care providers, patients, and community support services to create an outpatient care management program for rural consumers, especially the elderly, people with disabilities, minorities, and children who have chronic health problems including chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), diabetes, asthma, and heart disease.
• St. George Clinic Rural Health Outreach Program
  July 2005
  In response to the recognized health care need and a survey of citizens indicating that 76 percent would use a health clinic if available, partners in the county built a small building to provide health and social services to one-third of county residents living in the southern region.