Sponsorship networks. A new model for preserving congregations' presence in the Catholic healthcare ministry.
A renewal of vision is necessary today as healthcare shifts from an acute care to a community health focus. In regions where there are multiple sponsors, they can foster this renewed vision by forming sponsorship networks. A sponsorship network begins when sponsors in a region come together to discuss collaboration and explore ways to motivate the leaders of their institutions to better meet their community's healthcare needs. A sponsorship network would focus on community health through more effective resource use and integration of resources among providers. Such a network encourages providers to assess community needs and collaborate to meet them, provides criteria for maintaining quality and mission, and explores sponsorship responsibilities within institutions and beyond. The collaborative process involves five stages: preplanning, foundation building, problem setting, implementing, and assessing. A group of sponsors in St. Louis provides an example of how sponsors can initiate such a process.
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Catholic Health Association, St. Louis.
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