5216.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

Hospital Community Benefit Planning in California

Description: California's hospital community benefit legislation has created both opportunities and challenges for not-for-profit hospitals in addressing priority health needs. This session will provide perspectives of different stakeholders involved in hospital community benefit planning.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Ed Mendoza, MPH
Organizer(s):Elsa O. Murphy, BS
4:30 PMEnsuring hospital community benefits in the midst of fiscal and political pressures
Elsa Murphy, BS, Laurie MacIntosh, MSW, Joy Beatty
4:45 PMNot-for-profit hospital community benefit planning in California: Assisting hospitals to develop and report the results of population-based assessment, planning and community health interventions
Judith A. Hager, MPH, MA, Geraldine Oliva, MD, MPH, Molly Bradshaw, MPH
5:10 PMEstablishing a community benefit planning process throughout the hospital organization
Gwyn Parry, MD, Rebecca Barnard, RN
5:30 PMCalifornia’s health care-related foundations: Opportunities and challenges in promoting community health improvement
Shaheen Kassim-Lakha, MPH
Sponsor:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA