EXCLUSIVE: St. Joseph hospital will focus on access to care, chronic disease prevention, infant mortality and mental health | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Andrea Waxman
September 4, 2019
Ascension St. Joseph hospital will focus on access to care, chronic disease prevention, infant mortality and mental health, according to a detailed three-year plan being released Wednesday.
The Community Health Improvement Plan for AscensionWisconsin’s  five Milwaukee Countyhospitals, including St. Joseph, lists four priorities and the strategies thehealthcare system will implement to address them.
Among its strategies for increasing access to healthcare services for St. Joseph patientsare:
Ascension Wisconsin’s strategies for chronic disease prevention at St. Joseph include:
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Strategies at St. Joseph for reducing infant mortality will include:
To address mental health at Ascension St. Joseph, strategies will include:
The priorities were selected through a Community HealthNeeds Assessment process led by the Milwaukee
Health Care Partnership, whichincludes Ascension Wisconsin, Advocate Aurora Health, Children’s Hospital ofWisconsin and Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin. The process included acommunity health survey, community health data from public sources and keystakeholder interviews.
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NNS will be running more stories about the plan throughout the year.
Click here to see the Community Health Improvement Plan and other reports.
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