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4-THOUGHT
- What are Public Health's planning priorities?
- What are Key Stakeholders' planning priorities?
- What internal staff should be included in the planning process?
- What internal and external factors should public health consider when developing purpose, goals and objectives?
- Who can share responsibility for funding the Healthcare Coalition?
- What staff positions are essential in developing a healthcare coalition?
- What are the best methods for communicating with existing partners? New partners? Internal staff?
King County Healthcare Coalition
PLANNING & PREPARING OVERVIEW
This section of the Toolkit is designed to provide suggestions on how to approach the planning process as well as examples of key planning elements including planning assumptions, priorities, purpose and objectives.
If your health jurisdiction is not undertaking the entire coalition development process, this section will illustrate some of the considerations that an individual organization can address in development.
PRIORITIZING THE PLANNING PROCESS
The planning process for any large scale coordination endeavor can often feel overwhelming. Teams can get frustrated and feel that no movement forward has been accomplished, yet the relationships that are built and the process of planning is worthwhile.
Similar to the assessment phase, we recommend setting realistic objectives, dividing the tasks and setting clear deadlines for completion. Using ours as a sample, develop your own Healthcare Coalition Planning Checklist to best fit the needs of your team. Some of the action items listed below may be occur simultaneously but the prioritized list provides direction to team members on what will ideally be completed first.
Planning Checklist
PLANNING & PREPARING OVERVIEW
This section of the Toolkit is designed to provide suggestions on how to approach the planning process as well as examples of key planning elements including planning assumptions, priorities, purpose and objectives.
If your health jurisdiction is not undertaking the entire coalition development process, this section will illustrate some of the considerations that an individual organization can address in development.
PRIORITIZING THE PLANNING PROCESS
The planning process for any large scale coordination endeavor can often feel overwhelming. Teams can get frustrated and feel that no movement forward has been accomplished, yet the relationships that are built and the process of planning is worthwhile.
Similar to the assessment phase, we recommend setting realistic objectives, dividing the tasks and setting clear deadlines for completion. Using ours as a sample, develop your own Healthcare Coalition Planning Checklist to best fit the needs of your team. Some of the action items listed below may be occur simultaneously but the prioritized list provides direction to team members on what will ideally be completed first.
Planning Checklist
- Assemble Initial Development Team
- Strategize Coalition Development
- Assess and Engage External Stakeholders
- Identify Initial Planning Priorities
- Develop Purpose, Goals and Objectives
- Identify Communication & Coordination Strategies
- Develop Planning and Response Structure
- Determine System Gaps for Medical Surge Capacity and Capability
- Consider a Resource Management System for response
- Organize specific projects on acute and critical care, ambulatory care, pediatric, long term care, home health and mental health, palliative care
- Consider Coordination of Call Center's for information dissemination and triage
- Consider development of Alternate Facilities
- Address and Document Legal, Insurance, and Union Coordination & Planning issues
- Ensure Cross County Coordination and Planning
- Identify potential funding sources for work
