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The Texas Health Institute provides leadership in improving
the health of Texans through education, research and health
policy development. Combining health policy research with
existing data resources, the Institute is working proactively
with various stakeholders to shape the future of health
care.
Why a community collaborative?
While there are important roles for all levels of government in
addressing health care issues, our experience and research shows
the "one size fits all" solutions from the federal and
state levels are solutions that fit no one. Health care solutions
for the future must be reinvented from the bottom up - community-by-community.
How the Institute works with communities
A community collaborative effort should involve six stakeholders:
business, consumers, providers, community leaders and policy makers.
The Institute encourages the assembly of a group composed of these
stakeholders to take leadership in their community to pursue a "community
decision making" process
How the Institute works with communities
Ongoing facilitation of community collaboratives is an emerging
emphasis for the Institute. We have provided collaborative facilitation
in Amarillo, El Paso, Houston, Palacios, Waco, Beaumont, and Henderson.
Each collaborative group has specific needs and goals to address
health issues for their community. The Institute works with the
groups on an individual community basis.
The first community collaborative the Institute facilitated was
in Amarillo. Funded by the Amarillo Foundation and the Harrington
Foundation, this collaborative addressed health issues of access,
dental care, youth-at-risk, and end-of-life.
With 84+ member and affiliated organizations, the Houston Gateway
Collaborative is the largest collaborative the Institute has facilitated.
Its goal is to obtain access to health care for approximately one
million uninsured and underinsured residents of Harris County.
Most recently, a Texas critical access hospital approached the
Institute in need of assistance. We were able to secure funding
through he Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA) to conduct a
financial and operational study of the critical access hospital
for sustainability Because this was an emergency situation, the
Institute was able to provide the report to the hospital trustees
and ORCA in three weeks. The hospital and its trustees received
timely management of direction from the Institute and are progressing
in a turnaround situation.
How the Institute can help your hospital
and community
The Institute can provide an objective facilitator to keep the
collaborative process focused, balanced, and open to all ideas.
Our facilitator encourage dialogue as opposed to debate. The Institute
works with collaboratives on a individual community basis. As a
non-profit, 501(c) 3 organization we can provide cost-effective,
onsite health care operations and financial consulting services.
Consulting/facilitation services include:
- Facilitation in collaborative development of mission and vision
- Facilitation of stakeholder collaborative meetings
- Special studies on health facility sustainability
- Onsite training of hospital leadership staff and trustees
- Community based health policy forums
- Onsite consultation on health policy options
- Participation opportunities in statewide collaboration efforts
- Identification of potential funding opportunities
- Independent assessment of Critical Access Hospitals' strategic
plans prior to application
- Follow-up evaluation of facility's strategic plan's effectiveness
Our team of professionals
- Policy Specialist
- Policy Analyst
- Finance Professionals
- Health Care Administrators
- Curriculum Designers
Committed to the health of Texans
The Institute plays a critical role in improving the health of
health care in our communities through information, education, collaboration
and vision. The Institute accomplishes its goals through a board
of active business and health provider leaders, foundation grants,
contracts from partnering agencies, contributions and sponsorships.
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