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VIII Border Legislative Conference

Improving the Border Region’s Access and Quality Of Health Care and Substance Abuse. VIII Border Legislative Conference. Health Work Table U.S. – Mexico Border Governors’ Conference July 9, 2004 Santa Fe, New Mexico Dan Reyna, MSS, MPA New Mexico Department of Health. Health Work Table .

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VIII Border Legislative Conference

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  1. Improving the Border Region’s Access and Quality Of Health Care and Substance Abuse VIII Border Legislative Conference Health Work Table U.S. – Mexico Border Governors’ Conference July 9, 2004 Santa Fe, New Mexico Dan Reyna, MSS, MPA New Mexico Department of Health

  2. Health Work Table • A state-driven partnership of ten state health departments • Taking a systems-based approach to problem solving • Focused on long-term outcomes • Promoting the sustainability of joint efforts

  3. Our neighborhood

  4. Perspectives, Challenges and Actions • What? • Who? • How?

  5. What? Commitment Priority Results

  6. Who? Commitment Government Sector Social Sector Economic Sector Priority Results

  7. How? Commitment Government Sector Public-Private Partnerships Existing Mechanisms Social Sector Economic Sector Priority Results Horizontal & Vertical Approaches

  8. Existing Mechanisms for Actionof the Health Work Table • Substance Abuse Commission • Binational Border Health Information System • Binational Technical Working Group • EPI-FAX Health Alert System

  9. Binational Border Health Information System California Arizona New Mexico San Diego Calexico Yuma Tijuana Mexicali SLRC Las Cruces Columbus Nogales Douglas El Paso Texas Baja California Palomas Sunland Park Nogales Ciudad Juárez Agua Prieta Presidio Del Rio Sonora Eagle Pass Ojinaga Cd. Acuña Chihuahua Piedras Negras Laredo Coahuila McAllen Brownsville Nuevo Laredo Reynosa Matamoros Nuevo León Tamaulipas

  10. Binational Border Health Information Subsystems California Arizona New Mexico San Diego Calexico Yuma Tijuana Mexicali SLRC Las Cruces Columbus Nogales Douglas El Paso Texas Baja California Palomas Sunland Park Nogales Ciudad Juárez Agua Prieta Presidio Del Rio Sonora Eagle Pass Ojinaga Cd. Acuña Chihuahua Piedras Negras Laredo Coahuila McAllen Brownsville Nuevo Laredo Reynosa Matamoros Nuevo León Tamaulipas

  11. Transborder Prescription Drugs • Current issue • High impact on the US-Mexico border • Economic impact • Increased drug costs • Health care access • Immediate action required

  12. Proposed Actions 1. Recognize the Health Work Table as a medium for health policy recommendations.

  13. Proposed Actions 2. Encourage relevant state and federal agencies and institutions of higher education to participate in the work of the Substance Abuse Commission of the HWT.

  14. Proposed Actions 3. Promote the economic and health care benefits of importation of prescription drugs for personal use along the US-Mexico border region.

  15. What? Who? How? Commitment Government Sector Public-Private Partnerships Existing Mechanisms Social Sector Economic Sector Priority Results Horizontal & Vertical Approaches

  16. VIII Border Legislative ConferenceVIII Conferencia de Legisladores de la Frontera Improving the Border Region’s Access and Quality Of Health Care and Substance Abuse Health Work Table U.S. – Mexico Border Governors’ Conference July 9, 2004 Santa Fe, New Mexico Dan Reyna, MSS, MPA New Mexico Department of Health

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