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Mission
Recognizing the need to develop a shared vision of
health and health care delivery for the state of Texas, the Texas
Institute for Health Policy Research (Institute) launched the Shared
Vision Project (Project). To create this vision, the Institute has
established a forum for dialogue among the leaders of Texas' health
care providers, payers, and consumers. This collaborative effort
is a statewide effort that brings stakeholders together to provide
leadership in developing innovative products, ideas, and demonstration
projects to improve the state's access, effectiveness, and efficiency
of health care.
Project
This Project is producing Texas' shared vision for
health care. The Project is grounded on three premises. First, there
is no model for delivery of health care services nor vision for
what a model should be in Texas. Second, all stakeholders are dissatisfied,
to varying degrees, with the current "system" of health
care delivery. Third, the pervasive "sense of urgency"
makes this the right time for significant change. To forge a new
and mutual vision, each stakeholder must be prepared to accommodate
changes to achieve a common good. With vision, there can be leadership
to evaluate policymaking proposals and provide recommendations or
alternative solutions for policy changes. The Institute has recruited
a unique panel of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to provide
leadership in the development of Texas' shared vision for health
care.
The Shared Vision Project provides a nonpartisan Texas policy development
resource for policy decision-makers. The Institute maintains an
honest broker role in serving as the catalyst for collaboration
among the varied stakeholders. This entrepreneurial process will
produce both a reinvention of the health care policy process that
begins community level and a coordinated implementation effort of
change producing model demonstration projects. With this shared
vision, Texas can lead the nation in innovation and improved access,
effectiveness, and efficiency.
Structure
The Institute is committed to overcoming "silo" policy
development in which stakeholders isolate problems into single-issue
solutions. Therefore, the Project is designed to include organizations,
communities, and individuals with a dedication to accomplish the
Project's mission. Collectively, the structure's extraordinarily
high skill, knowledge and ability levels add to the capability of
the Project participants' commitment. Participants have expertise
and experience in such areas as:
· Academia
· Banking and Finance
· Business
· Communications/Media
· Community Leadership
· Consumer Perspective
· Government
· Health Care Provision
· Health Care Supply
· Insurance
· Public Health
The Project structure consists of:
Shared Vision Panel - comprised of 26 members with expertise and
experience in diverse professional areas. The Panel will develop
a shared vision for health care for Texas, develop policy options
for achieving a shared vision, and facilitate implementation of
model demonstration projects.
Shared Vision Workgroups - includes six focus areas: workforce,
health care delivery, information technology, community/public health,
finance, and rural health. With their specific areas of expertise,
the workgroups provide consultation and facilitation in key health
policy emphasis areas to all Project participants. These workgroups
will establish the principles, components, and formats for white
papers and model demonstration projects that will go to the Panel
Institute Board and Staff - comprised of 30 board members and nine
staff, provide feedback and advice on key Project products and outcomes.
Consumers, Legislators, Interested Groups, and Recognized Experts
- will assist in identifying key health policy issues, assist in
developing community-based solutions, and identify government roles
needed to aid communities.
Communities - comprised of community leaders in collaboratives,
they identify health care issues in their community/region, prioritize
problems to address, and become the focal point for the Project
to support in implementing pilot demonstration projects.
Products
While this will be an on-going project of the Institute for the
next ten years, during these first three years, the Institute will
produce resources and tools to generate and implement a Shared Vision
for Health Care in Texas. Some of the products to be developed are:
· Best Practices Clearinghouse
· Blue Print for Short and Long Term Policy Options
· Common Definitions for Health Care Terms
· Focus Group Reports
· Health Policy Forums
· Legislative Learning Luncheons
· Legislative Summit
· Model Demonstration Projects
· Monographs
· Policy Briefs
· Primers
· Publications (Academic and Industry)
· Regional Community Strategies
· Situational Analyses of Health Care Industry Sector Components
· Strategic Plan for Health Care in Texas
· White Papers
Outcomes
The Institute will use both quantitative and qualitative analysis
in evaluating the Shared Vision for Health Care in Texas Project.
By reviewing the level of participation of all stakeholders involved
in the Project, the Institute will be able to demonstrate evidence-based
solution options enabling policy decision-makers to understand health
care issues and workable solutions to improve the health of Texans.
The Institute will also develop qualitative surveys for participant
input and monitor policy decision-makers' use of shared vision products.
Funding
The Institute is committed to the Shared Vision Project
for the next ten years. We are actively soliciting support from
associations, private foundations and individuals to ensure the
Project's initial funding and long-term sustainability. Funding
this project will ensure that policy decision-makers have a vision
for the future with workable options and demonstration projects
for improving Texas' health care delivery system are available.
The project will weigh the diverse interests of health care stakeholders,
including consumers, and provide a Shared Vision for the effective
and efficient delivery of health care and ultimate improved health
of people living in Texas.
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