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.
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.
Take Our Poll: THC Events 2022 – Share Your Feedback!
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
Alexandra Carpenter & Rebecca Lemaster: Taking Action on Trauma Performance Improvement
The two collaborated to design a system approach to trauma performance improvement documentation within the Premier Health system.
Creating a Positive Culture for Psychiatric Patients at Cincinnati Children’s
The leadership of Children’s Inpatient Psych Unit saw an opportunity to radically transform and improve patient care as well as the culture of the unit.
Good Samaritan Obstetrics Team: Reducing Harm and Improving Outcomes
The Obstetrics Team, in their continued commitment to reducing harm and improving overall outcomes, drastically improved performance metrics in spite of COVID-19.
Leveraging Technology to Better Target Patient Services at UC Health Primary Care
The Health Collaborative is proud to honor UC Health Primary Care for providing the most efficient method to take a population health approach toward improving the care for all patients.
Gravity Diagnostics Provides Vital Weapon in the Fight Against COVID
Beyond testing innovations, Gravity has also invested in genome sequencing technology to help detect and report SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Cincinnati Children’s: Leading the Charge for Our Region’s Pandemic Response
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital is a demonstrated leader, locally and nationally, during the pandemic, making them a finalist for the 2021 Inspire Healthcare Technology Award.
Bon Secours Mercy Health: COVID-19 Order Set Task Force
The COVID-19 Order Set put the best evidence at the fingertips of clinicians in real time, without having to research the latest treatment options.
Bon Secours Mercy Health: Ensuring Equitable Vaccine Access
The team worked directly with area organizations to host vaccination events in communities that were hit the hardest by COVID-19.
UC Health and People Working Cooperatively: Focused on Preventing Falls
By remaining active and preventing falls, older adults greatly improve their ability to engage in meaningful activities while minimizing the need for family caregiving or intervention from social services.
bi3: On a Mission to Transform Health For All
Realizing a day when a person’s health is no longer predicted by race, ethnicity, gender, ability, or geography is one of the initiative’s primary goals.