by Tom Peterson | May 26, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
Pensacola Today reports on the continuing spread of a great idea. Joy Sharp and Bobby Baker are sharing their experience of a health system that has partnered with groups outside their walls—the Memphis model. This time it’s in Pensacola, Fla. The two...
by Tom Peterson | Apr 30, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
Memphis church creates ‘emotional fitness center’ after member’s suicide By David Waters Early one Monday morning before Easter, a depressed, middle-aged woman stood holding a pistol under the 20-foot cross that hangs above the entrance of the Healing Center Full...
by Tom Peterson | Apr 6, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
Henry Ford Health Stystem employees perform in music video, ‘Your Work Counts Again’ A cast of almost 50 employees of Henry Ford Health System, plus a host of others working behind the scenes, came together to create a music video designed to capture the hearts and...
by Tom Peterson | Mar 15, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
National Public Radio’s Laura Starecheski reports on an unlikely partnership. Dr. Nancy Hardt (above right) joined with Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell (left) to decrease childhood trauma in Gainesville, Florida. Starecheski says...
by Tom Peterson | Jan 6, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
ChangeLab Solutions providing answers on ‘shared use’ to health-based organizations building new community connections By Les Gura In the 21st century world of health care, new ideas and approaches are constantly being sought to head off long-building crises in...
by Tom Peterson | Dec 16, 2014 | Stakeholder Health Stories
Some health systems look to outsourcing to answer financial challenges—a Detroit system is currently considering laying off more than 500 housekeepers. But one system is taking a totally different approach. Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) vice...