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Show Salt Lake Health Planning Page 4 Council was requested to assist wth the assessment of the health care needs in the Northwestern part of Salt Lake City. The contact the Great Salt Lake Health Planning Council at can only be as responsive as the public is vocal. For further information, 486-815- 4. request came from two organizations, the Spanish Speaking Health Task Force and the Intermountain Regional Medical Program (IRMP). The Task Force was concerned because St. Mark's Hospital was moving to the south central part of the county; IRMP was interested in the placement of a from family the training program they were nurse-practition- starting. Staff organized several meetings of residents and providers to the area, and drafted a preliminary assessment of health needs. That assessment indicated that residents of the area probably face real economic, social, cultural and geographic barriers in seeking health care. The paper also pointed out that a pilot project would be necessary to adequately assess demand for healthcare. The Great Salt Interest arose Lake Health nurse practitioner for consumers, and establish local decision making capability within the health system. Likewise, an impressive Comprehensive Health portion of the Salt Lake economy has been invested in the health system. Over $65 million is spent annually in the operation of Salt Lake area hospitals alone. In order to most effectively utilize such revenue and to guarantee that the system be responsive to Planning (CHP) embodies a mechanism for meaningful 7 public needs, comprehensive planning is called for. interchange through a Board of Trustees which is equitably composed of health care providers, government officials and private citizens. Policy decisions and grant reviews formulated by this board, then, a represent these sectors. consensus between BACKGROUND LOCAL PLANNING under the Partnership for Health Act in 1967 to develop state and areawide comprehensive health planning agencies. These agencies were to be responsible for creating an area or statewide health plan capable of meeting the needs of the total population . Such a plan would embrace every aspect of health care, including: manpower, services, facilities, prevention and environment. At this time, there are approximately 200 areawide comprehensive health planning agencies established in addition to 50 state level offices. , HEALTH GOALS Several goals are associated with comprehensive health planning. Not only is it the purpose of comprehensive health planning agencies to insure the development and accessibility of an adequate health care program for every resident, but it is their responsibility to provide a forum In Salt Lake and Tooele Counties, the Great Salt Lake Health Planning Council, located in Suite 108 of the County Complex, Building No. 1 (2033 South State) is the recognized areawide agency. Although it has only recently completed the two year phase intended for organization, the Council has already significantly influenced several health projects in the Salt Lake area. Among these are the Wendover Nurse Practitioner Clinic, the second Neighborhood Health Center facility, the Holy Cross Hospital Therapeutic Living Center, the National Health Service Corps station in Tooele and the Deseret Foundation Cancer Research program. Perhaps the project most familiar to Salt Lake residents, however, Bookkeeper-Secty- . Holy Cross Hospital had provided health care to the area since 1949 on a volunteer basis, one or two days a week. The hospital's administration and medical staff were enthusiastic; they committ themselves to provide medical supervision, administrative support and staff services. Model Cities funds were sought to finance the pilot project. Since Great Salt Lake Health Planning Council receives some local funds from Model Cities, and has recently been asked to do planning and evaluation of With this in mind, federal monies were made available Marian Strong, had to be supervised by a physician in order for the clinic to function. of the Gross National Product, or $67.2 billion was spent on medical care. 1970, the possibility of placing a family nurse practitioner in an existing neighborhood center that had a small clinic facility. However, the Planning Council In in Kathy Boyer, Executive Secretary is the Northwest Nurse Practitioner Clinic which also provides an excellent illustration of the health planning process. budget requests for the Salt Lake City Corporation, staff was asked to present a written opinion on the merits of the family nurse practitioner project sponsored by Holy Cross. The opinion was delivered. On March 8, 1973, the Joint Board of Model Cities voted to allocate $21,000 for the pilot project. That money will pay the salaries of the family nurse practitioner and health aide for 9 months, as well as laboratory and administrative costs. Holy Cross has selected a nurse, Sister Carolita, to participate in the nurse practitioner training program. She will be ready to begin the project during the early summer months of this year. Such a case study emphasises not only the necessity for an a well developed data base, but also the need for input from concerned residents and health care In the fall of 1972, the Great consumers. 1 1 57 Glendale Dr. Glendale Plaza 1365 West 9th North Rose Park Mother's Day May 13 A gift from Marcor's will be long remembered! RELEVANCE informed staff and MARCOR'S The health system O FREE GIFT WRAPPING Bank Credit Cards Honored Store hours - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Mon. Sat. -- |