Population Health for Health Professionals

1. Population Health for Health Professionals

2. Part II Strategic Planning For Health In the Community

3. Community Strategic Planning • Mapping the way to health

4. Why Strategic Planning • Communities, health care organizations, changes in health care industry • Charting the way for improved health • Reviewing external influences and determining how to integrate strategic behaviors into planning

5. Basic Questions to Answer • Who are we? • Where are we now? • Where are we going? • How do we get there?

6. Critical Steps • Establish common values, mission, aims • Examine internal environment • Examine external environment • Develop strategic plan for intervention

7. Establishing Shared Values, Mission, Aims Who we are? Where we are now? Where are we going? • Vision Statement • Mission Statement • Statement of Values

8. Internal EnvironmentSWOT • Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats

9. Internal Environment Assessment Tools • The Civic Index • Asset Mapping • The Outcomes Toolkit • Guided Dialogue

10. External Environment Assessment • Environmental threats to health • Changing demographics • Disparities in health • Technology and economy

11. Developing the Plan • Goals • Objectives • SMART • Strategies • Action Plans

12. First applied in Japan to improve production Data driven Quality hallmark Focus on process Applied to health care over the last decade Many names CQI, TQI, TQM, CI Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Model for Improvement Continuous ImprovementAnother Tool for Planning

13. What are we trying to accomplish? How will we know a change is an improvement? Model for Improvement Act Plan What changes can we make to get an improvement? Study Do

14. What do we wish to accomplish? How will we know an improvement has been made? What will we change to create the improvement? Our AIM Our MEASURES Our Learning Cycle (PDSA) Model for Improvement : A Simple Guide for Planning

15. Plan, Do, Study, Act P: Who,What, When D: Implement and measure S: Study data and reflect A: Determine next step to hold gain and improve Creating new knowledge Short cycles Small successes PDSA Learning Cycle

16. Developing the Plan • Group construction • Data collection • Defining who, what, when, and resources • Drafting, reviewing, and approving

17. Format of a Strategic Plan • Outline • Goals • Objectives • Strategies/Action Plan • Timeline • Budget • Accountable Persons or Groups

18. Inclusion of all viewpoints Trust and acceptance Insider / outsider Tuft Resource utilization Recognizing the natural power bases Understanding and appreciating differences Dynamics of Community Planning

19. Summary of Module 4, Part 2 • Planning for improving the health of a community requires a systematic, strategic approach. • Building a healthy community requires a shared vision, mission, and aim. • Planning preparation assesses both the internal and external environment.

20. Summary, Continued • Many methods are available for developing a strategic plan, but all share common characteristics that ad structure and direction to the planning process.

21. Discussion Time • Using the SCORECARD for your community, identify an environmental threat and discuss how you would go about constructing a strategic plan for improvement.

22. Module Authors D. Beth Kennedy, M.S. Director of Education Laurine T. Charles, M.H.S. Associate Professor S.C. Area Health Education Consortium