2022年2月24日
(Austin) – The 澳门真人赌场官方网站 board of managers voted Wednesday to adopt an Equity-focused Service Delivery Strategic Plan, which will guide the immediate and long-term work of the healthcare district to improve health and reduce inequities for Travis County’s low-income population.
澳门真人赌场官方网站 patients face extreme poverty, 高失业率, and severe social inequities that prevent them from living healthier. The new strategic plan identifies opportunities for 澳门真人赌场官方网站 to continue to expand its reach and strengthen the impact on the health and wellness of Travis County’s most marginalized populations – especially communities of color.
“The board adoption of our Equity-focused Service Delivery Strategic Plan will, 近期和长期, improve the lives of the patients 澳门真人赌场官方网站 serves,"澳门真人赌场官方网站总裁 & 首席执行官Mike Geeslin说. “这项工作的效果将会 be felt for years to come as we now have the framework in place to identify where the most significant gaps in care exist, and what needs to be done to eliminate the inequities that hamper our safety-net health care system. This plan represents a monumental achievement for 澳门真人赌场官方网站, and we are excited to get to work.”
In 2020 the 澳门真人赌场官方网站 董事会 adopted a strategic priority to improve access to care for people with low income by building an equity-focused, 全面的, 高功能, 以及负担得起的医疗体系. The Episcopal 健康 Foundation provided 澳门真人赌场官方网站 with a $600,000 grant in June to support the first phase of this work
This funding allowed 澳门真人赌场官方网站 to hire Guidehouse, Inc. as a consultant to assist in the developing the service delivery plan, 这是基于三个评估:
- A community health needs assessment (CHNA) focusing on the needs of the Travis County population with annual household incomes less than 200% FPIL ($27,个人180美元或55美元,500(四口之家);
- An extensive community engagement initiative involving patients, patient-serving advocacy groups and 澳门真人赌场官方网站 partners;
- And an analysis of safety-net health care system’s capacity and gaps.
“As a community we can all be proud of this plan,” Dr. Charles Bell, chairperson of the 澳门真人赌场官方网站 board of managers said. “For the first time in 澳门真人赌场官方网站’s 18-year history, we have a health needs assessment focusing specifically on the population we serve. And we created a long-range strategic plan that merges robust community input with expert third party consultation from a national leader in this type of work.”
澳门真人赌场官方网站 prioritized community engagement throughout the development of the plan. 通过焦点小组的组合, 一对一访谈, 调查和社区对话, 澳门真人赌场官方网站 gathered input from 320 residents. This included patients with experience navigating the safety-net health care system, residents from low-income communities and advocates for hard-to-reach populations such as those experiencing homelessness or formerly incarcerated individuals.
The adopted goal of the plan is to develop an equitable system of care that is 全面的 and accountable, while optimizing the collective use of capabilities and resources to serve residents with low incomes. The plan identifies four strategic imperatives:
- Access and capacity – increasing the number of providers and care teams
- Care coordination – optimizing how patients transition between care settings (e.g. 从医院到家)
- Member engagement – enhancing engagement for 澳门真人赌场官方网站 Medical Access Program (MAP) enrollees and expanding enrollment in high-need regions
- System of care – joint service-delivery planning and timely sharing of health care data.
澳门真人赌场官方网站 is now preparing to enter the next phase of its equity-based systems planning – developing an implementation plan with financially sustainable operations plan.