$1.5M in Emergency Preparedness Funding Helps Ohio Hospitals

The Center for Health Affairs once again was awarded $1. 5 million in emergency preparedness funding through the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), the division of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services responsible for responding to and preparing for public health emergencies.

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Member Hospitals Come Together to Form NEONI’s Center for Nursing Practice, Education, Research & Quality

As part of The Center for Health Affairs’ three-year strategic direction, The Center and its workforce initiative, NEONI, have started the development process for NEONI’s Center for Nursing Practice, Education, Research and Quality.

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Latest Policy Snapshot Explores Primary Care and the Medical Home Model

Primary care is often described as the backbone of the U. S. healthcare system.

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New Tool Predicts Future Supply of, Demand for Nurses in Northeast Ohio Allows Health Care Providers, Nursing Schools to Work Proactively

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Contact:  Deanna Moore, The Center for Health Affairs, 216. 255. 3614, deanna. moore@chanet. org

The Center for Health Affairs and its workforce initiative, NEONI, along with The Mt.

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$1.3 Million RWJF Grant to Support Northeast Ohio Work to Reduce Readmissions

On May 1, Better Health Greater Cleveland was selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for a third round of funding to support Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q), a national initiative that has engaged 17 communities, including Cleveland, to improve the quality and value of healthcare.

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NEO MMRS Conference Offers Learning Opportunity for Emergency Preparedness Professionals

Earlier this month Andrea Bishop, project manager for The Center's Emergency Preparedness initiative, spoke at a regional conference regarding the Ohio Patient Tracking System.

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Behavioral Healthcare Highlighted in June Issue Brief

The Center’s most recent issue brief, Behavioral Healthcare Checkup: Are We Where We Need to Be? , focuses on the behavioral healthcare system in Northeast Ohio.   Today it is widely accepted that behavioral health is just as important to our overall wellbeing as is physical health.

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Ryan's Op-Ed, Plan for family health center is better for East Cleveland, Published in Plain Dealer

President and CEO of The Center for Health Affairs, Bill Ryan, wrote an Op-Ed on the closure of Cleveland Clinic's Huron Hospital, which was published by The Plain Dealer in the Forum section on Sunday, June 12, 2011.

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550 High School Students Shadow Healthcare Professionals at Northeast Ohio Hospitals

The Center's workforce initiative, NEONI, has wrapped up its Healthcare Career Shadowing 2010-2011 academic year. During the school year, 550 high school students from 10 Northeast Ohio counties shadowed in 24 hospitals throughout the region.

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