Resources and Project Design
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Contents: Pages:
Key informant interviewees 1 - 4
Critical web-links 4 - 17
Annotated bibliography of critical articles Coming Soon
Master list of resources reviewed (Endnote format)
Mapping Rural Health: The geography of health care
and health resources in rural America. 17 - 60
Project Design:
Research Goals and Planned Work Phases 60 - 61
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Key Informant Interviewees
Anderson, Sandra: President of St. Clare Hospital and St. Clare Meadows Care Center in the Baraboo, Lake Delton and Wisconsin Dells areas of WI.
Banda, Juan: Director of Employee Services of Ministry Health of Milwaukee, WI.
Bilton, Michael: Vice President of Education, Director of Community Health Programs and Executive Director of the Association for Community Health Improvement for the United States’ Health Research and Education Trust (HRET).
Bolz, Terry: President and CEO of Unity Health Insurance. Unity is a wholly owned subsidiary of University Health Care. Mr. Bolz is a business insurance executive with more than 20 years of experience in worker’s compensation managed care, integrated disability management, HMO, PPO and employee benefits.
Bostrom, Herb: Director of the Wisconsin Department of Public Health, recently retired after entire career in public health services.
Burke, John: President of Trek Bicycle Corporation, the world-leading manufacturer of premium bicycles. Mr. Burke serves as the Chairman of President George W. Bush’s- President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. The Council serves as a catalyst to promote health, physical activity, and fitness.
Burke MBA, Mary: Wisconsin Secretary of the Department of Commerce from 2004 to 2007. Ms. Burke earned her MBA at Harvard University and BBA from Georgetown.
Cameron PhD, Cynthia: Senior Program Director of the Systems Reform Program of the Michigan Public Health Institute. Systems Reform Program assists collaborative groups to use outcomes-based strategic planning, implementation of best practice strategies, and evaluation to drive their health, human services and education program.
Clapp, Nicole: President and Chief Executive of Grant Regional Health Center. She previously served as the Vice President of Professional Services responsible for clinical operations oversight, the Coordinator of Quality Improvement, Utilization Review, and Risk Management.
Corey, Wayne: Executive Director of the Wisconsin Independent Businesses (WIB). As WIB’s lead lobbyist he specializes in health & health insurance reform, unemployment insurance and employment law issues.
Crouse MD, Byron: Associate Dean for Rural and Community Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and maintains a medical practice in rural Wisconsin.
Deller PhD, Steven: Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economic, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He teaches graduate students community economic development but devotes most of his time to the UW Extension as a rural and community economic development specialist serving Wisconsin communities.
DeMars, Cheryl: CEO of “The Alliance”, an employer-owned health care purchasing cooperative in Madison, WI.
Desienn, Nick: President and CEO of Ministry Health Care a regional health care system that operates across the northern, central and Fox Valley regions of Wisconsin and in Minnesota.
Duerst, Barbara: Associate Director of the University of Wisconsin Master of Public Health program. She previously served as the Director for the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health.
Engle, Jim: Director of the Bureau of Downtown and Community Revitalization and the Coordinator of Wisconsin’s Main Street Program, both housed in the Department of Commerce.
Frey, Cathy: Assistant Director of the Wisconsin Partnership Program of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health whose primary responsibility is the distribution of “Blues” money to communities throughout state.
Gillman, Joan: Director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business’Family Business Center. She previously served as the Director of Madison's Small Business Development Center which offered direct counseling to small businesses on many areas including: feasability studies, family business organization & succession, and health services management.
Gregg MPH, Walter: Senior Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center. His professional background includes state, regional, and national rural health policy development with a focus on rural delivery system development, access to care by underserved populations, and rural quality of care.
Harms MD, Ron “Doc”: Chief Medical Officer for the Wisconsin Employee Trust.
Kindig MD, PhD, David: Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Population Health Science
Kopelke, Ronda: Executive Director of Wisconsin’s Marshfield Clinic’ Center for Community Outreach.
Lake MS, Amy: Amy Lake is a community economist with 10 years of experience in rural health. Currently she is in Montgomery County, Missouri working on a documentary which explores the role of health insurance in the local health system. From 2001-2004, Ms. Lake was the Community Development and Outreach Specialist for the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health (University of Wisconsin Medical School).
Price, Stewart: Director of Marketing for Unity Health Insurance in Sauk City, WI.
Richardson RN, Dana: VP of Quality Initiatives at Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA).
Schmelzer RN, MS, Margaret: Wisconsin Department of Public Health Nursing and Health Policy, Department of Health and Family Services. She has devoted her entire career to public health and statewide service.
Seyler, Deb: Executive Director for the Wellness Council of Wisconsin, the local affiliate of one of the country’s most trusted voices on workplace health promotion.
Smith, Bill: Director of the Wisconsin National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) for over 27 years and considered one of WI’s most respected lobbyists for small business owners. He also serves the Board of Governors for the State's Health Insurance Risk Sharing Plan, State Use Board, Governor's Council on Economic Growth, Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Economic Development Institute and the Wisconsin Association of Health Underwriters Foundation.
Smith, Joshua: Mr. Smith serves on the board of directors of three Fortune 100 companies (Caterpillar, Inc., FedEx Corp. and Allstate Insurance Corp) as well as on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is a nationally renowned entrepreneur and lecturer, who has been Chairman and Managing Partner of The Coaching Group and the Founder, Chairman and CEO of The MAXIMA Corporation. MAXIMA achieved a national reputation as one of the top African American owned, and fastest-growing firms in the United States.
Smith MD, PhD, Maureen: Professor Smith actively teaches graduate course at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health where she also serves as Director of the Health Innovation Program. This is a new program designed to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes for the citizens of Wisconsin. Dr. Smith received her M.D. and M.P.H. degrees from Yale University School of Medicine and her Ph.D. in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration from the University of Minnesota
Stanchfield, Eric: Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) until July 2007. Recently he moved to the position of Executive Director of the District of Columbia Retirement Board (DCRB) in Washington, D.C.
Starmann-Harrison, Mary: President & CEO of SSM Health Care of Wisconsin. SSM is a member of SSM Health Care which owns and operates St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center, in Madison, and St. Clare Hospital & Health Services in Baraboo, Wis., as well as two nursing home facilities. She is chair of the Wisconsin Hospital Association Public Policy Committee, a member of the Wisconsin Health & Hospital Association board of directors and a member of the American Hospital Association Policy Board 5.
Stille, Kim: Director of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the Madison, WI area offices. She has served OSHA for 19 years career including positions as an Industrial Hygiene Supervisor and a field Industrial Hygienist.
Wisconsin Manufactures and Commerce (WMC): Haney, Metcalf ,Pirlot and Shoys
Haney, Jim: President of WMC. His current professional involvement includes service to the Wisconsin Council on Workforce Investment, Wisconsin's Labor Management Council, Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Wisconsin Economic Summit. Previous experience includes service as an assistant to the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations.
Metcalf, John, Director of Human Resource Policy. He currently serves on the Department of Health & Family Services Advisory Council for Workplace Substance Abuse, the Rating Committee of the Worker’s Compensation Rating Bureau, the WI Worker’s Compensation Advisory Council Safety Commission, and the Prevention Initiative Executive Committee.
Pirlot, R.J., Director of Legislative Relations representing WMC on the issues involving health care, transportation, energy policy and telecommunications.
Shoys, Michael R. Vice President of Administration and Service Corporation.
Vanness PhD, David: Professor Vanness is a member of the faculty of the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. His research focuses on health care economics specializing on the information and uncertainty in health care decisions on both the "clinical" level (medical decision-making) and "population" level (health care policy; technology assessment and adoption).
Young, Nancy: President of Gray Horse Consulting which specializes in contractual services related to project planning and evaluation for both the public and private sectors.
Zahner RN, DrPhD, Susan: Professor at University Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing whose research focuses on local public health system performance; public health performance measurement; and public health workforce development. She received her DrPH from the University of California-Berkeley in Health Policy & Management, and an MPH from the University of Minnesota in Public Health Nursing.
Critical web sites with active links
Unless otherwise specified,
the reader should assume all content references provided here
has been taken directly from the associated website.
I. Academy Health http://www.academyhealth.org/about/index.htm This organization educates policymakers, researchers, government officials, and business leaders by transforming research and policy into workable programs and by:
· Empowering people through “Advocacy Committee & Legislative Tutorial http://capwiz.com/chsr/issues/basics/?style=legis
· Disseminating vital information through research syntheses, special reports and findings, newsletters, and the Web http://www.academyhealth.org/publications/index.htm
· Managing major programs that serve the research community, health policy leaders, and business and government decision makers; http://www.academyhealth.org/programs/index.htm”
II. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - http://www.ahrq.gov/ Research reports available include:
· Creating Partnerships, Improving Health – The Role of Community Based Participatory Research http://www.ahrq.gov/research/cbprrole.htm
· Strengthening theRural Health Infrastructure: Network Development and Managed Care Strategies - http://www.ahrq.gov/news/ulp/ulpstren.htm
· Managed Care, Medicaid, and Public Health: Building Collaborations That Work, http://www.ahrq.gov/news/ulp/managed/ulpPubH.htm
· Rural Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities, http://www.ahrq.gov/news/ulp/rural/ulprurl.htm
· Health Care Dispartities in Rural Areas, findings form the 2004 report - http://www.ahrq.gov/research/ruraldisp/ruraldispar.htm
· Research in Action – Improving Health Care for Rural Populations - http://www.ahrq.gov/research/rural.htm
III. Association for Community Health Improvement, www.communityhlth.org/ is a “volunteer, non profit, premier national association for community health, healthy communities and community benefit that strives to convene and support leaders from the health care, public health, community and philanthropic sectors. ACHI aims to achieve shared community health goals, and strengthen community health through education, peer networking and the dissemination of practical tools.
· This site offers enormous and comprehensive resource listings and active links.
IV. ASTHO, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials http://www.astho.org Many examples of collaborative projects are provided along with interesting web links. However none involve local businesses or working outside of traditional public health/state agency parameters.
V. Association for Worksite Health Promotion http://www.uwsp.edu/hphd/awhp/ Their website has information on the benefits of worksite health promotion (including case studies), lists of their publications, information on conferences, plus links to other wellness, health, and fitness sites. “
VI. Canada, Laurentian University, The Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (CraNHR) http://www.cranhr.ca/ AND http://laurentian.ca/cranhr/
This is a fantastic resource with numerous active links, relevant articles and references.
Examples include:
· Local Economic Impact of Health Care Institutions in the Sudbury Region (1999 – 2001)
· Assessing Rural Health: Toward Developing Rural Health Indicators for Rural Canada (1998 – 1999)
· Developing A Framework for Planning and Evaluating Community Based Health Services in Canada (1995 – 1996)
VII. Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Studies, The Partnership Self-Assessment Tool - designed for a partnership to evaluate how well its collaborative process is working and what it needs to do to realize the full potential of collaboration http://www.cacsh.org/psat.html
VIII. Center for the Advancement of Health http://www.cfah.org “The goal of the Center for the Advancement of Health is to link health research to policy and practice. In addition, the Center aims to encourage collaboration among researchers, policy makers, and practitioners and communicate information about translating research to policy and practice. “
IX. Centers for Disease Control –www.cdc.gov
· The Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (CoCHP) http://www.cdc.gov/cochp/about.htm CDC strategically created Coordinating Centers that allow the agency to be more responsive and effective when dealing with the public. Coordinating Centers provide a dedicated focal point for innovations—new activities such as the creation and advancement of health promotion in a much more systematic way.
· Community Planning Initiatives – http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/ “Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) provides recommendations on population-based interventions appropriate for use by communities and health care systems to promote health and prevent disease, injury, disability, and premature death.
· “The Task Force on Community Preventive Services determines the scope of the Community Guide, topics to be addressed by the Community Guide, and the most appropriate means to assess evidence regarding population-based interventions. The Task Force reviews and assesses the quality of available evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of essential community preventive health services.“ The Task Force on Community Preventive Services has selected worksite health promotion as a topic for systematic review, to highlight the importance of the worksite in promoting health and give employers and organizations an evidence base.
· “The Planned Approach to Community Health (PATCH) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/PATCH/index.htm , is an effective model for planning, conducting, and evaluating community health promotion and disease prevention programs. It is used by diverse communities in the United States and several nations to address a variety of health concerns such as cardiovascular disease, HIV, injuries, teenage pregnancy, and access to health care. The PATCH Guide is designed to be used by the local coordinator and contains “how to” information on the process, things to consider when adapting the process to your community, and sample overheads and handout materials. “