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Introduction
The Health Provocateur Project (HP) provides
systems-level planning to complement CHIP's
grass-roots, community-based activities.
Purpose: To maximize the effectiveness of the
local health system in addressing the broad health needs of
the population in Sarasota County.
Process: HP convenes major institutional
stakeholders of the local health care system,
including hospital CEOs, Health Department
leadership, senior/mental health services providers,
and Medical Society representatives. Provocative
ideas challenging prevailing thinking are encouraged
in a trusting and supportive environment.
National consultants and health care systems experts
will also lend their voices to HP's efforts.
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HP Principles (updated 11/21/05)
> HP Participants (updated
12/21/07)
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Health Status Review & Recommendations (updated
8/8/07)
Design
Team
The Design Team is the team of collaborators from
12 regional hospitals and health departments who
have created a new model to improve services to the
uninsured. With funding from the State, Low-Income
Pool Funds, the Health Department is hiring a case
manager and pharmacy technician to help the
uninsured have access to primary care services and
free or discounted medications. This Ad hoc Team
has met 4 times since its creation in August 2006,
and has become the Advisory Council of the Sarasota
Healthcare Access program.
See meeting minutes for more information...
Sarasota Healthcare Access
This project is designed to help uninsured residents
secure access to primary care services and provide
options to Emergency Room care for the uninsured or
Medicaid recipients needing non-urgent services.
The Sarasota County Health Department has hired a
coordinator, case manager and pharmacy technician to
coordinate among local hospitals and other safety
net providers and Health Department services.
Documents:
Project Description
Presentation
LIP Budget Proposal
Sarasota Low-Income Pharmacy Team
Meets 3rd Tuesday of each month, 3:00 pm,
location TBA
In response to findings from local hospitals showing
that many emergency room visits are for medication
refills or access to medications for the uninsured,
the Health Provocateur group created the Low-Income
Pharmacy Team to address this issue. This team is
comprised of representatives from all Sarasota
hospitals and the Sarasota County Health Department,
Bayside Center for Behavioral Health, Genesis Health
Care, Senior Friendship Centers, St. Vincent de Paul
Society, and Community Aids Network. This group is
in the process of creating a Community Pharmacy to
serve the uninsured and low-income residents of
Sarasota County.
See meeting minutes for more information...
Pharmacy Team Contact List
Focus
Areas
The Health Provocateur Project Director
facilitates this process, striving for new,
effective approaches to improving the health care
system of delivery and funding.
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Margaret Kennedy,
RN, MSN, Health Provocateur Project Director.
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