Arizona General Hospital is examining ways to deliver and expand quality healthcare to as many of our clientele as possible in the rural community. I would like to propose an organized community health fair that will offer various practical benefits for the public as well as our facility. We can utilize our highly trained and motivated professional team along with community collaboration to resourcefully contribute to the needs of the community. A health fair will enable Arizona General Hospital to extend our services through health education, disease prevention, and diagnostic screening, which in the long run is a cost effective intervention. An attractively planned community event will create a purpose for the scattered community to unite and be well-informed. Examination of barriers to healthcare can be addressed and Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) benefits can be reviewed to encourage full use of the indemnity. The health fair will target children and adults to accommodate the entire community. Giveaways, incentives, and items with our advertisement and contact information could be handed out so that everyone walks away with something special and useful for future reference. A prosperous health fair requires the essential components of planning, health education and screening objectives, and executing an evaluation. I will review each element with supported research on the benefits of creating a community health fair to enhance optimal
Grants have a great value in providing dental care in community health centers particularly dental clinics that represent a large public investment to address the dental health needs of a diverse underserved rural and urban communities, and uninsured populations. The grants that fund community health centers play a critical role in financial support to provide dental services for patients in Medicaid non-expansion states who are more likely to be uninsured. Grant funding enables community health centers to provide services not covered by most programs, such as adult dental care, transportation, translation services, and use sliding fees for privately insured patients who cannot afford their deductibles and cost-sharing (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2017).
Since 1980, the United States has taken on 10-year plans that outline certain key national health objectives set to be accomplished during a 10-year timeframe (Shi & Singh, 2015). These initiatives are founded on medical care with prevention services, health promotion, education, community health care, and increased access to integrated services. The initiative, Healthy People 2010: Healthy People in Healthy Communities, launched in 2000. The initiative emphasizes the role of community partners such as
For the last five weeks research has been done on Kaiser Permanente, an organization that contains Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Permanente Medical Groups in eight regions. Since its inception in 1945, Kaiser Permanente has become the largest not-for-profit, integrated health care delivery system in the United States, serving 8.6 million members in eight regions: Northern and Southern California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, the Mid-Atlantic States, Ohio, and the Northwest. About three quarters of the members are in California, the organization’s birthplace. It is the largest nonprofit integrated health care delivery system in the United States. Its mission is to provide affordable, high-quality health care services to improve the health of their members and the communities they serve. For the purpose of this research, focus will be on Northern California in a randomly selected hospital.
After gaining this information about how my community was affected, I decided there needed to be more awareness drawn to the existing organizations in the areas I served that addressed or worked on community health initiatives. I began contacting with local organizations to see if they might be interested in partnering with my organization on already organized events in order begin to combine efforts and to let community members know of services in their area. The event we hosted was in the form of a community event
I would like to propose a health fair to improve the quality of life and prevention of the congregational community with the collaboration of community vendors. This document is intended to provide an outline of the program, objectives and what incentives will be the most important for its success. The mission is to improve the quality of life with early detection and prevention.
The hospital that the clinic is attached to is opening a brand new facility and has decided to expand their community support by opening a family medicine clinic that will utilize the hospital resources. The community is a wide range of working classes, low income, poor, and rural families that must travel some distance to reach health care providers. Attracting patients that need primary care and continued health care will drive referrals to the ancillary departments in the hospital. This increases revenue for the hospital.
Also, in lieu of the wellness center, we should offer a monthly health fair for new and existing patients. This monthly health fair will also draw new patients to the clients.
In addition, to the Disparities Standing Committee, implement proposals for incentivizing preventive care and primary care. Giving a patient a goal with a reward attached may sound silly but in hindsight, it actually motivates the individual to stay healthy which decreases visits to the hospital. More importantly, rearranging shared plans to fit a more aggressive design in which includes lower fees. However, it is imperative that organizations stress the collaboration between clinical and non-clinical entities. “Conduct demonstration projects to test payment and delivery system reform interventions to reduce disparities. Commitment to social justice is essential to achieve health equity, but insufficient without a strong business case that makes interventions financially feasible” (Chin, 2016).
Health centers have continually proven to be a worthwhile investment by delivering high quality, affordable health care. Evidence based research shows that Community Health Centers prove to be a lasting solution for disease prevention and health promotion to our medically underserved population. Additional evidence based research statistics show the following:
When it comes to scientific research, the goal of the health initiative is to use the principles of measuring the action of the surrounding Miami-Dade community to utilize educational programs to improve health and implement free screening testing for all persons in the community. The purpose of the proposed program is to increase patient centered care, create coordination with local health providers and improve access to care for patients with chronic
The setting is a community health center at the St. Joseph Health Center in Jamaica Queens, New York. This is a community health center in a low income area of New York. The center deals with all types of patients from expectant mothers to the elderly. They offer a range of services for low income families and individuals without insurance. The doctors are volunteers, and the staff is committed to disease prevention and awareness. They periodically arrange a health fair to reach out to patients who may otherwise not see a physician for the entire year.
Healthcare is one of the significant functions of every state government. In the state of Iowa, one of the organizations that play a major role in ensuring Iowan’s community health is the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH). Does IDPH effectively manage to ensure quality health services in Iowa considering the ever growing population and the demographic differences exhibited by the state’s inhabitants? If it does, how does it do it? This study is a report on Iowa Department of Public Health. The report intends to answer the questions posed above and to provide comprehensive information about the organization.
The purpose of this needs assessment is to identify areas where enhancements in the health care delivery system can improve both the accessibility of care as well as guide preventive health services for those most at risk for poor health outcomes. While needs assessments bring attention to the underlying factors associated with good or poor health status and sufficient access to care, LSCC is uniquely positioned as a FQHC serving almost 80,000 Central Texas residents to improve population health by forming strategic partnerships and innovative collaborations with not only other health care providers and health-related organizations, but local and state governments and community-based organizations as well. The following section identifies
An organization such as the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (OAHHS) is established to help Oregon hospitals understand how to best serve their unique communities, while continuing to reach state-wide goals. OAHHS currently has a primary goal of helping Oregon hospitals to reach the Triple Aim determined by healthcare reform: improving the quality of patient care and population health, while reducing the per capita costs. This type of organization completes ongoing analyses of their business, on a regular basis to ensure that they are communicating the most up-to-date information to the hospitals of their state. A SWOT analysis is one type on analysis that can help them to determine internal and external factors, including environmental and marketing challenges that may need addressed.
In public health, as in many fields there are a set of conundrums that practitioners, leaders and law makers have to address in order to provide the most appropriate service to their populations. One of these conundrums is the battle between what is good for the community vs. what is good for the individual. This topic will be broken up to the community vs. the individual, and discussed based on research done by Kass et al, and Oriola, and will be concluded by presenting possible solutions.