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

by Donna L. Torrisi MSN, Tine Hansen-Turton MGA, JD, FCPP, FAAN (Editor)

Overview

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Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!
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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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826123565
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/03/2005
Series:	A National Nursing Centers Consortium Guide
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Organizational Development
3. Initial Planning
4. Ongoing Planning
5. Funding
6. Financial Operations
7. Policies and Procedures
8. Continuous Quality/Performance Improvement
9. Information Systems

Appendix: A Start-up Tool Kit
A. Governing Board Bylaws
B. Sample Mission Statement
C. Sample Strategic Planning Policy
D. Sample Strategic Plan
E. Sample Health Care Plan
F. Sample Business Plan
G. Sample of a Contract with a Local Agency
H. Funding Sources
I. Sample Policy and Procedure Manual
J. Sample Physician Collaborative Agreement
K. Sample Nurse Practitioner - Collaborative Physician Practice Agreement
L. Sample Job Descriptions
M. Summary of HIPAA Requirements and Procedures
N. Sample Performance Improvement Plan: Assessing Outcomes