$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.
Read MoreMember 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.
Read MoreLatest Policy Snapshot Explores Primary Care and the Medical Home Model
Primary care is often described as the backbone of the U. S. healthcare system.
Read MoreNew 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.
$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.
Read MoreNEO 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.
Read MoreBehavioral 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.
Read MoreRyan'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.
Read More550 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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