Initial Priorities
Regional Health Care Initiative staff conducted an additional 70 interviews with health care stakeholders from April to June 2007.
During these sessions, staff explained the Regional Health Care Initiative, solicited input from local stakeholders regarding the services that they provide, and sought their opinions regarding barriers and opportunities for improving health care for the uninsured.
Using the HMA study and stakeholder input, the Regional Health Care Initiative staff developed this draft report to summarize current conditions of the safety net system, identify opportunities for change, define what a system might look like, outline the conditions necessary for success, and identify priorities for the initiative’s next steps.