Strategic
Planning and Organizational Health Development
I
am providing technical assistance to State Primary Care Associations
and Primary Care Organizations funded for community development
projects as part of the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) sponsored
national Campaign for "100%
Access and Zero Health Disparities." I am providing
strategic planning assistance, and community-based consultation
for state primary care associations -- membership associations
for federally funded community health centers -- participating
in this Campaign, most notably in Texas,
Missouri, Tennessee,
Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Colorado,
North Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska.
Between 1998 and 2000, I facilitated discussions and helped to
develop health improvement strategies in over 50 communities with
state primary care associations.
I worked on a strategic planning project with Valley Health, the
parent Board of Directors for Easton Hospital, Pennsylvania, to
plan, develop and implement a Partnership for Family Health Improvement.
The resulting Partnership has organized initiatives through school,
neighborhood, and home-based child and family health improvement
task groups.
I was engaged in a strategic planning project to position an educational
and mental health services provider in a three county area of
southeastern Pennsylvania, the Colonial Northampton Intermediate
Unit 20 for the future. Planning was done for positioning with
two insurance plan types: for commercial plans, in becoming a
listed provider of behavioral health services; and for Medicaid,
in positioning the Intermediate Unit with Pennsylvania counties
who are facing Medicaid carve-outs for behavioral health services
under the Pennsylvania Behavioral Health Care Initiative.
I provided an initial market review for a physician-hospital organization
(PHO) at Elizabeth General Medical
Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. This market assessment
brought together elements of the provider community, insurance
and payer information, and local employer preferences and perceptions.
The Center for
Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), U.S. Public Health
Service - I assisted with planning, development and evaluation
of community collaborations to address substance abuse.
The Ministry of Health, Province of Ontario, Canada - I provided
consultation on community involvement, health promotion, and collaboration
for improved health status.
