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The Gage Awards honor creative and successful programs at essential hospitals that enhance patient care and meet community needs.
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Strategies for Reducing Transportation Barriers to Health
Mar 18, 2019 ||
Join us to learn how a new association brief can help essential hospitals reduce transportation barriers, and hear how the University of Illinois Health & Hospital System’s PRONTO program provides Lyft rides to patients in need.
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340B Protects Patients and Communities From High Drug Prices
Feb 26, 2018 ||Even with its long record of success, the 340B program still faces undue scrutiny, distorted and misleading claims, and demands for onerous new reporting.
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Free Housing Helps Homeless Patients Achieve Better Health
Sep 6, 2016 ||The UI Health program aims to help the city's chronically homeless reach stability and reduce health care costs by providing them with permanent homes.
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CDC Awards $26M for Patient Safety Research
Jun 28, 2016 ||The funding was distributed as part of the Prevention Epicenters Program, which aims to develop and test new approaches to patient safety and infection prevention.
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Essential Hospitals Named New CDC Prevention Epicenters
Oct 7, 2015 ||The prevention epicenters will identify innovative ways to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in health care facilities. University of Utah and the University of Illinois - Chicago join Cook County Health & Hospital System as essential hospital participants.
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CMS Announces Innovation Award Recipients
Jul 14, 2014 ||CMS announced a second batch of prospective recipients for Health Care Innovation Awards (round 2). The 27 new recipients include four members of America’s Essential Hospitals. Awards will be used to reduce costs and improve care delivery models for Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP patients.
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The campaign aims to boost employee health and reduce elevator wait times
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