You have been hired to be part of a leadership team consisting of 10 primary care and 20 specialty practice sites based on your experience as a population health nurse. The medical group is affiliated with a 300-bed hospital. The strategic goals of the medical group are ensuring that safe care is provided, increasing patient access to care, improving the health of the population, decreasing health care costs, and providing an exceptional patient experience across all settings. The population in the surrounding community is in the low-to-moderate income range. Not all residents have health care insurance.
A. What strategies could improve access to care and health care coverage in the surrounding community?
B. As the new public health administrator, you collaborate with providers, care managers, and nurses across the medical group. How will you emphasize the significance of preventive care and population health in the medical group setting? Please discuss 2 recommendations
C. Health care stakeholders have a significant interest in how health care is delivered and offer wide-ranging opinions, goals, and recommendations to improve care. Who are the key stakeholders and what role do they play in the health care system? Please discuss 4-5 key stakeholders and their role.
D. How will you promote care coordination among the hospital, the primary care providers, and the specialty care providers?
