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In 1965, CHAP was the first to recognize the need and value for accreditation in community-based care. The organization was created as a joint venture between the American Public Health Association and the National League for Nursing (NLN). CHAP became a separately incorporated, non-profit subsidiary of the NLN in 1988, under the CHAP name.
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is the administrative department of the Ohio state government [1] responsible for coordinating activities for child and family health services, children with medical handicaps, early intervention services, nutrition services, and community health services; ensure the quality of both public health and health care delivery systems; and evaluates health status ...
The system provides care at three hospitals, more than 20 health centers and 40 additional sites throughout Cuyahoga County. [4] As of December 2023, it had almost 9,000 employees. [5] The system is the 10th largest employer in Northeast Ohio. [6] MetroHealth is a Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center. [4]
Summa Health is a nonprofit integrated healthcare delivery system in Northeast Ohio, United States. [1] The Greater Akron Chamber (Ohio) [ 2 ] documents Summa Health as the largest employer in Summit County with more than 7,000 employees.
The system consists of 15 hospitals, 200+ ambulatory sites, hospice, home health, medical equipment and other health services spanning 47 Ohio counties. [1] As of May 2020, the organization has 35,000 physicians, associates, and volunteers, with more than $4.3 billion in net revenue.
Mercy Health, [2] formerly Catholic Health Partners, is a Catholic health care system with locations in Ohio and Kentucky. [3] [4] [5] Cincinnati-based Mercy Health operates more than 250 healthcare organizations in Ohio and Kentucky. Mercy Health is the second largest health system in Ohio and the state's fourth-largest employer. [6]
The community health center (CHC) in the United States is the dominant model for providing integrated primary care and public health services for the low-income and uninsured, and represents one use of federal grant funding as part of the country's health care safety net. The health care safety net can be defined as a group of health centers ...
Health information exchange (HIE) is the mobilization of health care information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system. Participants in data exchange are called in the aggregate Health Information Networks (HIN).