news & updates
Here you’ll find the latest news and updates from The Health Collaborative, our partners, and allies in healthcare improvement. New developments are always happening so check back often.
Join Us November 17 for The Business of Healthcare Summit
Illuminating the most significant challenges and potential opportunities currently buzzing in healthcare.
The Health Collaborative is on the Move!
Downsizing our physical space offers an opportunity for tremendous cost savings that can be redirected toward programming and support to our members.
Community Health Improvement Plan Outlines Roadmap to Address Top Health Goals
The 2022-2024 CHIP prioritizes three key goals: equitable access to care, expanded and diverse healthcare workforce pipeline, and access to food and affordable housing.
Regional Workforce Collaborative Launches, Becomes Part of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions’ Network
“Becoming a National Fund for Workforce Solutions site is a positive and necessary step toward becoming a community that is healthy by design,” said Hope Arthur, director of workforce innovation at The Health Collaborative.
New Directory Helps Behavioral Health Providers Work Across Agencies for Better Patient Care
The directory promises improved ease of access for communication between local hospitals and community agencies, ensuring smoother care transitions.
GPO Vendor Klosterman Changes Ownership, Continues Putting Customers and Employees First
New Water Capital L.P. is a private equity firm focused on supporting businesses in transition, building on their unique culture and strengths.
Mercy Serves AmeriCorps Recruiting Newest Class of Service Members
“You’re actually going to be making a difference in people’s lives, even if it’s small,” shares Kylie Bethel, former AmeriCorps volunteer member.
Nearly 6,000 Greater Cincinnati Hospital Jobs Unfilled
Survey data from seven area hospital systems reveals the region’s supply and demand of our hospital workforce.
CDC Foundation Funds The Health Collaborative’s Vaccination Efforts
The funding supports outreach to neighborhoods with low vaccine uptake.
Workforce Advisory Council Celebrates a Year of Progress
The Health Collaborative not only provides and analyzes regional workforce data, but we convene our members to get after the short and long-term solutions.
TAP Health Summer Academy Kickoff: Gallery
More than 60 students from dozens of area high schools are welcomed into this year’s career exploration programs
Embarking on a New Journey: Catching Up with Former Intern Eric Lang
We asked Eric to reflect on his accomplishments at THC and discuss how his experience might guide him through the rest of his career.
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Sharing the Excitement: Welcoming Our Summer Interns
Get to know our summer Accounting and Workforce Innovations interns in this quick Q&A.
Thanking Our AHC Partners
THC would like to recognize a cohort of organizations for their partnership – and impact – during the 5-year CMS Accountable Health Communities project.
Adopt A Class Partners with THC to Strengthen Future Healthcare Workforce
As part of the collaboration, Workforce Innovation is supporting the curriculum development for science and healthcare activity guides.
Fifth Third Foundation Funds Health Equity Tech Initiatives at THC
This grant will help to ensure providers’ full access to patient health records by funding a more sustainable and scalable regional health technology solution.
Keith Hepp Memorial Scholarship Fund Created for Emerging Leaders
Keith was a national leader in health IT and worked as a consultant to many other health information exchanges around the country.
Grad Student COVID Testimonials: XU Center for Population Health
Ellie Borders and José Polanco, M. Ed. have been working to create and disseminate the most accurate and up-to-date information about COVID to the community.
Kemi’ Goode-Mayo, Cincinnati Health Department: Healthcare Workers Appreciation Days at the Zoo
As a CPS school nurse, Goode-Mayo has helped keep children enrolled in the Cincinnati public school system safe and healthy.
Melissa Schumacher, St. Elizabeth: Healthcare Workers Appreciation Days at the Zoo
As one of the Zoo honorees, we asked Schumacher to give us in idea of what the challenges of the pandemic have meant to herself as well as her patients and their families.
Gabrielle Gescheider, The Christ Hospital: Healthcare Workers Appreciation Days at the Zoo
One of the Zoo’s Healthcare Workers Appreciation Days honorees, Gabrielle Gescheider, was part of an instrumental team working to quickly respond to the need for rapid testing.
Cassie Herald, Mercy Health: Healthcare Workers Appreciation Days at the Zoo
Herald is passionate about helping patients and their families. Throughout the pandemic, her passions were put to the test.
Rachel Blinka, Hamilton County Public Health: Healthcare Workers Appreciation Days at the Zoo
“My work, and the contact tracing and outbreak team I’ve trained has contributed directly to preventing cases, hospitalizations, and death during this pandemic,” shares Blinka.
Brandi Shoupe, TriHealth: Healthcare Workers Appreciation Days at the Zoo
Brandi is among a select group of healthcare heroes that will be honored at the zoo this Thursday, April 7.
Press Release: Cincinnati Zoo Offers FREE Admission to Healthcare Workers April 7-10
Cincinnati Zoo is offering healthcare workers FREE admission April 7-10.
Zoo Days: Healthcare Workers Appreciation Days
Cincinnati Zoo is offering healthcare workers FREE admission starting on World Health Day, April 7, through April 10.
Take Our Poll: Transforming Healthcare Beyond the Pandemic
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Where Does CPC+ Lead Primary Care? Lessons Learned in OH & NKY
Members of THC’s Comprehensive Primary Care Plus team found that standardization of claims data aggregation, measure alignment, and consistency of goals are important if multi-payer transformation is to be expanded and sustainable.
Region 6 Says “Thank You” to the Ohio National Guard
Our region was fortunate to have nearly 100 guard members come to the Cincinnati region to assist hospital staff and test sites.
Workforce Innovation at The Health Collaborative Awarded $250,000
THC’s Workforce Innovation is one of 13 organizations to receive Ohio’s Industry Sector Partnership Grant award.
THC Welcomes Deirdre Murphy Beluan as New Chief Strategy Officer
Deirdre brings years of experience in population health and healthcare improvement that offers a valuable perspective to THC leadership.
Visitation Restrictions and Return to Work for Greater Cincinnati Hospitals
To keep patients and residents in our region safe, visitation restrictions have been updated.
Op-Ed: Now Is the Time to Act on Health Disparities
Two of our region’s leaders in health innovation respond to the top findings from this year’s Community Health Needs Assessment.
Worth a Shot
The full-page ad that ran in this week’s Enquirer.
Collaborative Community Health Needs Assessment Reveals Region’s Priorities
Assessment identifies behavioral health, heart disease, vision and dental care as top health needs