Group Health Cooperative's community services initiative.
Service to the broader community is an important component of Group Health Cooperative's (GHC's) tradition, values, and mission. The role and potential of community services in a staff model HMO requires consensus, careful planning and communication, and attention to results. This paper describes GHC's efforts to define, implement, and sustain its community services initiative.
Hildebrandt
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KM
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA 98101.
Beery
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WL
Pearson
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DC
D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D015351:Vision Screening / Q000458:organization & administration; D014861:Washington