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“By going through this process, they’re getting more than just
a report at the end. Now, they have partners who are
invested in it. And, that spirit of partnership is notable.”
— SARAH WIEHE
start is extremely valuable. It starts the
conversation within the health system,
and between the health system and the
community. And together, they identify
ways in which they can intervene.”
The collaboration between Parkview
and IN-PHC has now moved into a new
phase, and The Polis Center is helping
Parkview with implementing solutions.
“We’ve asked them to walk through the
solutions, and help us figure out: Are
these indeed best practices?” Ehinger
says. “Or, do we need to stop going in
this direction and go a different route?
They’ll help us solidify the direction that
we’re going with all our solutions, and
understand which measures we should
be focused on.”
“We’ll help them assess their chosen
interventions,” says Comer, “to determine
which are best practices and whether
there’s a better way to measure their
effectiveness. So, we’ll be doing literature
reviews, looking at which programs are
Director of the Community Health Engagement Program
Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
evidence based and which are not. For
the ones that are not, we’ll look at how
others have measured whether they
have the desired impact.” Effectiveness
is the most obvious metric to measure
programs by, “but there are other
dimensions to take into account,”
Comer says. “For example, a program
might be effective, but if it’s also
extremely costly, it might become a lower
priority than a program that’s very
effective but less costly.”
Parkview’s commitment to cultivating
partners both inside and outside the
community—partners who can help them
both identify and solve problems—is
critical to the organization’s long-term
success, according to Wiehe.
“By going through this process,
they’re getting more than just a report
at the end,” Wiehe says. “Now, they have
partners who are invested in it. And,
that spirit of partnership is notable.”
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