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r MAR -1199d <br />BOOK 85-5 <br />IRMHIndianRiver <br />Count Y <br />II Ho 232TA <br />D c <br />Ct,tnmis::l mi s <br />BOARD OF TRUSTEE54,-, <br />Vincent ). Montuoro January 10, 1994 <br />f= <br />Chairman <br />_._........._ ._ <br />Ms n <br />Duncan A. Chalmers Y K. Eggert Carol <br />i1r�,r..-----1--- <br />Chairman <br />Paul A. Graham, M.D. Primary Care/Public <br />Health Committee1'i-�"'`' <br />Margaret Ingram 1840 25th Street <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960 <br />Beverly O'Neill, R.N. <br />Dear Ms. Eggert: <br />Joyce Salter <br />Health care leaders are feeling both elated and <br />Broadus F. Sowell, M.D. apprehensive these days. On <br />one hand they are <br />gratified that our Country has <br />Michael <br />finally acknowledged <br />1. O'Grady, Jr. that the health care system needs to be revised. On <br />Executive Director <br />the other hand, they are concerned about what national <br />reform will »ltimately mean for <br />hospitals, patients, <br />and communities. Some hospitals <br />and their community <br />leaders have already begun to <br />move through the <br />spectrum that leads from the way services are provided <br />'new <br />to .the concept of Community <br />Care Networks. A <br />Community* Care Network is <br />a plan to work <br />collaboratively to improve the <br />health status of a <br />community through the provision <br />of a continuum of <br />services by a group of health <br />care providers that <br />operates within fixed resources and is accountable to <br />the community. <br />In- preparation of its budget for 1993-1994, the Indian <br />River County Hospital District Board of Trustees in <br />collaboration with Indian River Memorial Hospital <br />recognized the need to investigate the development of <br />a Community Care Network in Indian River County. The <br />common bond that will bind networks and make them <br />succeed is community -level collaboration. Development <br />of *a Community Care Network requires consensus among <br />community leadership with respect to: <br />- A common vision of a Community Care Network. <br />- A collaborative approach to stimulate networking <br />of independent organizations in the community. <br />- A strategic plan for devising appropriate <br />incentives for incrementally moving independent <br />organizations and activities into closer network <br />relationship, particularly those organizations <br />that provide the funding and those organizations <br />that spent the money. <br />1000 36th Street, Vero Beach, Florida 32960 (407) 567-4311 Fax No. (407) 562-5628 <br />8 <br />