Question

1. You represent a hospital that in interested in forming a community coalition to fight obesity. Specify two potential partner organizations and walk through the process of creating a collaborative coalition with them.

2. The text notes the growing need for collaboration among health organizations and their stakeholders. Identify conditions that have stimulated this need for more collaboration. What is the view of external collaboration that the Institute of Medicine has endorsed?

Answer 1

Process of creating collaborative coalition

Inorder to attain the effective and quality care and to share the cost burden with technology advancements collaboration with community, educational, public health, service, housing and transportation stakeholders is essential for all the hoapitals. It creates a greater impact on care and revenue when one works in collaboration rather than working independentently.

The process of collaboration coalition involves : the existing community stakeholders collaboration -------------- create new policies and legislations, payment modes and models, emerging health issues--------------Identifying partners by analyzing data, and gaps------------------create a shared vision, mission and goals------------define structure, roles and responsibilities-------------developing theories and strategies to perform------------Implementation and evaluation.

Need for collaboration among health organizations:

Able to coordinate global efforts in prevention of diseases

Secured funds so as to sustain the program, expand the program and implement the program

It acts as resources from community for educators, professionals, residents

It helps to provide accuracy in information

It helps as a tool to address the issue

It helps to advocate policies according to emerging health problems