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Session: Health Planning Today: A Way Forward
5019.0: Wednesday, November 10, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Health Planning Today: A Way Forward
Health planners in all sectors must respond to an increasingly diverse and complex health care system. The utility and effectiveness of traditional planning methods and processes are being challenged. This session would explore the current state of community-based health services planning and propose strategies for making planning more effective by responding to changing social and market conditions. Principal topics and questions to be explored include: Evidence based health services planning and regulation; Integration of public and private planning efforts; Common methods and processes used to o Insure a community focus and orientation in program planning and service development, o Expand access and assure quality o Promote patient and service provider equity, o Preserve community health care assets, o Obtain and intelligently apply health care data and information; and AHPA’s web-based ePlanner initiative in support of community and population- based planning and regulation. The session would entail brief presentations (15-20 minutes) from three practicing planners, each from a different setting and offering a distinct perspective on the health care system and on the current state of planning. Substantial audience interaction would be expected and accommodated. .
Learning Objectives: Attendee should gain a better understanding of 1. The value of systematic planning in meeting health care needs efficiently; 2. The evolution of planning in response to changing economic, political and technological environments; and 3. The value and potential of systematic planning as a tool to integrate public and private health initiatives.
Organizer(s):Dean Montgomery
8:30 AMMaryland Community-based Planning Initiatives  [ Recorded presentation ]
Paul Parker, MPH
8:50 AMEvidence Based Health Services Planning  [ Recorded presentation ]
Dean Montgomery, MSPH, MA
9:10 AMHealth Planning Data: Sources, Methods and Uses
Richard K. Thomas, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Chiropractic Health Care
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA