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Case Study: Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Transitional Care Nursing Program

Southwestern Vermont Health Care. Bennington, Vermont (SVHC) partners with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and is an integrated non-profit health system that includes a 99-bed hospital, 25 primary care and specialty care practices, and two nursing homes.
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Case Study: Sky Lakes Medical Center: How Becoming a “Blue Zone” Advanced the Health of Klamath Falls, Oregon

Sky Lakes Medical Center (SLMC), located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, is a rural, not-for-profit, community-owned, internationally accredited acute-care teaching hospital.
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Case Study: Chatham Hospital The Clinical and Business Cases for Opening a Maternity Care Unit in a CAH

Chatham Hospital is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital (CAH) located in Siler City, NC. The hospital, accredited by The Joint Commission, provides surgical, medical, pediatric, maternal and emergency services. Community-based outpatient services also are offered.
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Hospitals and Health Systems Ensuring Access in Their Communities

Hospitals and Health Systems Ensuring Access in Their Communities is a compendium of case examples of AHA members from across the country employing the nine emerging strategies recommended by the association’s Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities.
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Final Recommendations: Future of Rural Health Care Task Force, May 2021

AHA’s Future of Rural Health Care Task Force has released a report with recommendations for long-range solutions for improving rural health and health care in America.

Will Dollar Stores Become a Health Care Destination?

In a move it says is driven by customers who want more convenient and affordable health care products and services, Dollar General will join an army of retail competitors that are intent on becoming a health care destination.

Geisinger’s AI-Enabled Payment Plan Lets Patients Set Their Terms

Hoping to prevent patients from delaying or not getting needed care, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger has introduced a customizable zero-interest artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled payment plan for out-of-pocket medical expenses.

Hospitals Make Progress on Value-Based Payment Models

The 2020 Industry Pulse Report from Change Healthcare, a technology company that provides data and analytics solutions to improve clinical and financial outcomes, found payers were far more likely than providers to have migrated to value-based care strategies. The survey drew from a sample of 445 respondents — health care payers, providers and third-party vendor organizations — but illustrates some key issues about work remaining on these important issues.

Innovative Approaches to Redefining Care Delivery

If there is a silver lining in the pandemic, it’s that it rapidly accelerated hospital-at-home programs. HaH programs can sharply reduce costs while maintaining quality and safety levels and lowering readmissions with improved patient experience.