The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is lending the successes learned from its hospital quality improvement initiatives to the office practice. This work, called New Health Partnerships, is an online community built and supported by individuals and organizations who believe that patients and families, in partnership with healthcare providers, can transform care for people managing chronic conditions. Sojourn Communications is cultivating strategic partnerships among a variety of influential provider, consumer and family, and quality improvement organizations to increase the use of New Health Partnerships' collection of collaborative self-management support tools and resources.

The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) is a vital membership organization representing the nation's dedicated family planning providers - nurses, nurse practioners, health center directors and other key healthcare providers. NFPRHA serves its members by providing advocacy, education and training for those in the family planning and reproductive healthcare field. In addition to designing and facilitating a team building and strategic planning retreat, Sojourn Communications is helping NFPRHA develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy.

The National PACE Association (NPA) represents and works to advance the efforts of the more than 40 Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) across the United States. PACE programs coordinate and provide all needed preventive, primary, acute and long term care services so that older individuals can continue living in the community. Sojourn Communications is working with NPA to research target audiences, craft a compelling message platform, and develop a national communications plan.

As hospitals struggle with a growing nursing shortage, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is collaborating with leading healthcare and quality organizations to find effective solutions to problems of inadequate staffing and job satisfaction, healthcare quality, and patient safety. Sojourn Communications developed and implemented an overarching communications strategy for the RWJF nursing team.

America's HealthTogether (AHT) works to promote access for all Americans to the most appropriate mental healthcare, at the right time, in the right setting, without stigma, embarrassment or shame. AHT brings together clinicians, policy makers, patients, insurers, and other key stakeholders so they may work together toward the conscientious integration of mental health into the primary healthcare system. Sojourn Communications provides strategic counsel to AHT. Most recently, we helped convene a meeting of stakeholders to discuss the future of funding for mental health in the U.S.

A landmark exhibition celebrating the extraordinary life and legacy of the late pontiff, " A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People" chronicles the pope's associations with the Jewish community from the time of his childhood and illustrates how these lifelong associations shaped his papacy, the Catholic Church and the future of Jewish-Catholic relations. Sojourn Communications crafted a national media relations strategy for the exhibit's opening, focusing our efforts on increasing awareness of national newspapers, television and cable news networks, magazines, radio, wire services and religious media.

A nonprofit community organization located in northwest Washington, D.C., IONA is dedicated to helping older people live with dignity and independence. IONA provides services and access to programs designed to meet the needs of seniors and their families. Sojourn Communications planned and facilitated a series of staff retreats for the leadership team at IONA designed to focus them to better fulfill the organization's mission and vision.

For more than 30 years, NARAL Pro-Choice America has been the nation's leading advocate for privacy and a woman's right to choose. With more than one million members and supporters, NARAL Pro-Choice America is fighting to protect the pro-choice values of freedom and privacy. For NARAL Pro-Choice America, Sojourn Communications engaged our West Coast partner, The Health and Entertainment Group, to manage an outreach program designed to increase awareness of the complex issues of reproductive rights among television scriptwriters and producers.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded Last Acts Partnership, a national education and communications initiative dedicated to end-of-life care. As part of our partnership building strategy for Last Acts Partnership, Sojourn played a critical role in identifying and cultivating relationships with more than 1,200 organizations that shared goals common to the campaign. Additionally, Sojourn produced a weekly electronic newsletter for Last Acts Partnership delivered to more than 7,000 recipients and a monthly print newsletter reaching more than 10,000 subscribers. We also managed the development, marketing and distribution of nearly 20 products designed to educate consumers and providers about good end-of-life care.

The Bell Multicultural High School, in Washington, D.C., provides multilingual, academic, career development, and economic support to its student population of 714 immigrants, refugees and inner-city youths. It recognizes the importance of addressing students' social and economic needs, while focusing on individual learning styles to give students marketable skills to succeed in the work force or in post-secondary education. At a critical time in Bell Multicultural's evolution, Sojourn led a board retreat that engaged leaders to re-examine their strategic plan and develop the necessary activities that would get them on a proper path.