Areas of particular interest found at the second seed grant dinner meeting

(From approximate 26 potential approaches to health care improvement given to local expert participants prior to the 10-24-06 meeting, they chose those five areas they found to be first priorities. (They limited their own votes to one per person per approach with a five vote personal maximum.) The five approaches are shown below.

Community Planning: A collaborative project [which] utilizes focused data

8 votes - Explore costs/savings/values potential through developing a possible virtual single payer health plan (or plans) model (one wording suggested: payer coalition)

6 votes - Set up a community health care data (clearinghouse and translation center) information gathering device - which generates broader information and analysis for the community, labor-management negotiators, and the community's health care planners.

5 votes - Explore options to increase the stability of the primary care community & explore direct negotiations between purchasers and providers.

Access to Care: A Collaborative Prevention Project

4 votes - Significantly support the local Children's Health Initiative - Toward comprehensive and accessible care for children - Assist in local fund development

4 votes - Develop other efforts to help capacity-building for community-based clinics - protect and build critical safety net and access to care