Retired executives link purchasers and providers in Greater Philadelphia.
A three-year project funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York used retired executives and physicians to overcome Philadelphia area employers' coolness to HMOs. Acting as evaluators, facilitators, educators and advisors, the participants achieved improved understanding and helped raise HMO enrollment from 3.5% to 11.6% of the target population. The President of the Executive Service Corps of the Delaware Valley tells how.
D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D010414:Pennsylvania