Community and Nurse-Managed Health Centers: Getting Them Started and Keeping Them Going

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Springer Publishing Company, Jun 3, 2005 - Medical - 160 pages

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A National Nursing Centers Consortium Guide

This book provides a step-by-step guide to starting and sustaining a community health center, with an emphasis on nurse-managed centers. The authors share their firsthand knowledge with readers, including information on developing a mission statement, pulling together an advisory board, writing a business plan, and getting funding. The process for obtaining Federally Qualified Health Center Status (and thus federal funding) is described.

Of great value is the bookís Appendix, which provides very useful examples. They include sample bylaws, a full policy and procedure manual, physician and nurse practitioner collaborative agreements, job descriptions, a contract with a local agency, and outcome and assessment guidelines.

Donna Torrisi is the founder of The Family Practice and Counseling Network in Philadelphia, which provides primary health services to public housing residents; Tine Hansen-Turton is the Executive Director of the National Nursing Centers Consortium.


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Contents

1 Introduction
1
2 Organizational Development
11
3 Initial Planning
17
4 Ongoing Planning
22
5 Funding
24
6 Financial Operations
28
7 Policies and Procedures
30
8 Continuous QualityPerformance Improvement
35
9 Information Systems
39
A StartUp Tool Kit
43
References
141
Index
143
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About the author (2005)

Donna L. Torrisi, MSN, has published and lectured on the nurse-managed model, the art of negotiating with managed care organizations, and on integrating behavioral health and primary care. She is a founding member and the first chairperson of the National Nursing Centers Consortium, and has been a faculty member for the Institute for Health Improvement Depression Collaborative. She is currently completing her final year as a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow.

Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD, FCCP, FAAN, is the chief strategy officer of Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), where she develops and supports PHMC's overall strategy and leads partnership development around new and emerging business opportunities.

Bibliographic information

TitleCommunity and Nurse-Managed Health Centers: Getting Them Started and Keeping Them Going
A National Nursing Centers Consortium Guide
AuthorDonna L. Torrisi, MSN
EditorTine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD, FCPP, FAAN
PublisherSpringer Publishing Company, 2005
ISBN0826123562, 9780826123565
Length160 pages
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Medical / Nursing / Home & Community Care
Medical / Nursing / Management & Leadership
Medical / Public Health
  
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