Developing an Alternate Care System Plan from the Beginning Developing an alternate care system from the beginning could be a time-intensive process. Reading the case study on the work undertaken by Summit County, Ohio, planners to develop an alternate care system from the beginning (see Appendix D) will prove this point. Fortunately, the work CDC-HPA conducted with several communities should be useful to you and your planning team in completing this task. These communities have thoroughly discussed and debated the advantages and disadvantages of alternate care system options. A compilation of their work can be found in Appendix E. By building on their work, you and your planning team should be able to avoid devoting a great deal of time to developing an alternate care system plan from the beginning. Identify Potential Alternate Care System Options Here are the steps to take to identify potential alternate care system options: Review the potential alternate care system options provided in this chapter and in Appendix E. Research options as well. While reviewing each option, perform the following tasks: Determine if each option will work for each scenario you and your planning team identified as likely to impact your community. Additionally, determine if each option can be modified to work for each scenario. For each option, identify healthcare providers and supporting partners (regardless of whether they reside in your community) that should be involved in helping to implement each option for each scenario likely to impact your community. For each option, determine which healthcare providers and supporting partners are available in your community to help implement each option for each scenario likely to impact your community. Determine the physical resources needed to implement each option for each scenario likely to impact your community. Determine the feasibility of implementing each option for each scenario. Use the information collected to identify the top two or three options that could be implemented for each of the scenarios likely to impact your community.
Developing an Alternate Care System Plan from the Beginning Developing an alternate care system from the beginning could be a time-intensive process. Reading the case study on the work undertaken by Summit County, Ohio, planners to develop an alternate care system from the beginning (see Appendix D) will prove this point. Fortunately, the work CDC-HPA conducted with several communities should be useful to you and your planning team in completing this task. These communities have thoroughly discussed and debated the advantages and disadvantages of alternate care system options. A compilation of their work can be found in Appendix E. By building on their work, you and your planning team should be able to avoid devoting a great deal of time to developing an alternate care system plan from the beginning. Identify Potential Alternate Care System Options Here are the steps to take to identify potential alternate care system options: Review the potential alternate care system options provided in this chapter and in Appendix E. Research options as well. While reviewing each option, perform the following tasks: Determine if each option will work for each scenario you and your planning team identified as likely to impact your community. Additionally, determine if each option can be modified to work for each scenario. For each option, identify healthcare providers and supporting partners (regardless of whether they reside in your community) that should be involved in helping to implement each option for each scenario likely to impact your community. For each option, determine which healthcare providers and supporting partners are available in your community to help implement each option for each scenario likely to impact your community. Determine the physical resources needed to implement each option for each scenario likely to impact your community. Determine the feasibility of implementing each option for each scenario. Use the information collected to identify the top two or three options that could be implemented for each of the scenarios likely to impact your community.
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