Southeast Georgia Health Public health, SGHS, Reach out to 500 uninsured More patients will seek Less waste and redundancy in System/Discharge planners Gateway, nonprofits will individuals to encourage them primary care first care provided as tests are not and ER encourage sign-up for to sign up for insurance repeated, due to primary insurance, assist in access to patients will use the ER care coordination Gateway/Other Behavioral Navigators inappropriately Health Providers Improved access to primary Community forums led by Conduct 1 community per More doctors, dentists, and care Federally Qualified Health trained laypersons/navigators month mental health providers will Center (proposed expansion in churches to discuss accept Medicaid and other Improved continuity of care of McKinney Center in primary care insurance on the Exchange for better outcomes Waycross) School nurses will make Make 4 referrals per month to More clinics open after hours Increase patient awareness of Community Case referrals to available providers cost of care and appropriate Management Programs, providers New providers attracted to care including Community Care, the community, leading to Area Agency on Aging, Information provided through Provide 100 pamphlets greater access SOURCE hospital, nonprofits/Public Health School system fliers” to Distribute 5 frequent fliers per “Frequent Public Health Emergency Room identified month by hospitals with referrals to Media physicians (SGHS) College of Coastal Georgia and Hospital will track/trend Create and distribute monthly other nursing programs in the inappropriate ER visits report to ER and hospital region officials Recruitment of primary care Recruit 3 primary care providers/mid-levels (SGHS, providers per year Chamber) Recruitment of dentists Recruit 5 dentists per year willing to accept who are willing to accept Medicaid/insurance Medicaid/insurance (Chamber) Recruitment/retention of Recruit 3 mental health mental health professionals professionals per year
Southeast Georgia Health System/Discharge planners and ER Gateway/Other Behavioral Health Providers Federally Qualified Health Center (proposed expansion of McKinney Center in Waycross) Community Case Management Programs, including Community Care, Area Agency on Aging, SOURCE School system Public Health Media College of Coastal Georgia and other nursing programs in the region Public health, SGHS, Gateway, nonprofits will encourage sign-up for insurance, assist in access to Navigators Community forums led by trained laypersons/navigators in churches to discuss primary care School nurses will make referrals to available providers Information provided through hospital, nonprofits/Public Health “Frequent fliers” to Emergency Room identified by hospitals with referrals to physicians (SGHS) Hospital will track/trend inappropriate ER visits Recruitment of primary care providers/mid-levels (SGHS, Chamber) Recruitment of dentists willing to accept Medicaid/insurance (Chamber) Recruitment/retention of mental health professionals Reach out to 500 uninsured individuals to encourage them to sign up for insurance Conduct 1 community per month Make 4 referrals per month to providers Provide 100 pamphlets Distribute 5 frequent fliers per month Create and distribute monthly report to ER and hospital officials Recruit 3 primary care providers per year Recruit 5 dentists per year who are willing to accept Medicaid/insurance Recruit 3 mental health professionals per year More patients will seek primary care first patients will use the ER inappropriately More doctors, dentists, and mental health providers will accept Medicaid and other insurance on the Exchange More clinics open after hours New providers attracted to the community, leading to greater access Less waste and redundancy in care provided as tests are not repeated, due to primary care coordination Improved access to primary care Improved continuity of care for better outcomes Increase patient awareness of cost of care and appropriate care
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