1 general management consultant 1 certified public accountant 1 health offeir acad, mición 1 nurse ad inistrator 1 economist This functional chert outlines the process in which these categorics of participants will relate. The key to this matrix of relationships is the competent professional leaduiship which HR will provide. Several projects can be undertaken without additional funding while others will require mojor funding p for to implementations. Typical projects HR plans to u. Joriulk include: The design end in plmentation of a cumeartration A management and systems study of "Hospital Hil." neighborhood her Ith centers. Design and development of an Acad my of Health Frofessions. Assist in the establishment of a community-wide residency. A demonstration progra a for training oflied hoclth workers In the "Hospital Holth Center" dolivay syrin. Tin 2 pccludes a detailed diren sion of the so projects, but I would like to elaborate on one as an e, ... Steps have been toon to cicat. an Academy for the Hull. Paf, sicus. Initially, the Academy will s. rve continuing e lotion nods for health professions in the greater Kansas City region. Ultimately, the Academy's programs and facilities will be expanded to serve national and international educational needs as the market warrants. The Academy is the vehicle for planning, designing, organizing and carrying out a range of continuing education programs and activities for all of the major medical and health professional groups, including physicians, nurses, hospital administrators, technicians, health agency managers and many more. An environment will exist within the Academy to attract all categories of professional health personnel and foster a social and academic relationship among them. The Academy will provide a means for participation by members in community work projects and will provide a forum for discussion and evaluation of community health programs. The Academy is viewed as: - - A center for the organization of continuing education efforts. A sponsor for sabbatical leave residencies and extended three to four month refreshier programs for physicians in An integral part of the communications network among area An important resource for the Medical School staff. A way A vehicle for participation in community activity and policy The recently funded Model Cities Health. Center is an example of a project fully operational with a portion of the Executive Vice President's time the only HR resource committed. Dr. Charles Wilkinson, Executive Director of the Creater Kansas City Mental Health Foundation and a member of the HRI Board will discuss that project. Thank you for this opportunity. 52-314 - 71 - 37 Senator EAGLETON. Dr. Wilkinson. STATEMENT OF CHARLES B. WILKINSON, M.D., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GREATER KANSAS CITY MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION Dr. WILKINSON. I would first like to express my appreciation for the opportunity of appearing, also in behalf of the psychiatric community I would like to express my appreciation. As a consultant to a local health corporation that is establishing a comprehensive health center in the model cities' community, I would like briefly to address myself to several of the pertinent areas specified in Senator Eagleton's letter as they relate to the development and functioning of this health facility. This much needed comprehensive health center has as its objective, quite simply, to treat people in need of care and to also keep those not in need of care, healthy. An integral part of the achievement of these goals require the development of a series of "new" positions for residents of the area to be served. A program for training that hopefully can be standardized and evaluated, which then could have some national significance, is being created. In time this center can be visualized as one of several communitybased facilities that can serve as a training area for health professionals who will be required to be more knowledgeable about the totality of health care in comparison to the more limited and often isolated educational experience present in traditional medical educational institutions. Perhaps one of the most significant things, however, at least in the stages of development currently taking place, is the collaboration with the various existing health facilities and health implementing organizations. In the latter instance particular reference is being made to the Health Resources Institute. Plans also involve utilization of the medical center in an advisory capacity but even more importantly for "back-up" services, that is, emergencies, hospitalization, specialty consultation in pediatrics, surgery, psychiatry, et cetera. These important areas can be handled principally by the medical center on Hospital Hill. The general idea is to create a linkage of health facilities that are interdependent and capable of extracting for its clients the best of what is available in health care. Senator EAGLETON. Thank you very much, doctor. I said we would try to conclude-I am so proud of myself-by 3 o'clock, and, by God, 3 she is. Dr. SMULL. Senator, could I just make a statement? Senator EAGLETON. What are you trying to do ruin my record? [Laughter.] Go ahead, Doctor. Dr. SMULL. I would be very remiss, because I am personally pleased to be associated with so much talent in Kansas City. The board of directors of HRI, which you will notice on the letterhead, includes Mr. Nathan Stark, chairman; Mr. Robert Fizzell, secretary; Mr. Homer Wadsworth, treasurer; Dr. Edward Cross, vice provost for health affairs; Mr. George Dillon, president of Butler Manufacturing Co.; Mr. James Doarn, executive director of the Mid-America Council of Governments; Dr. Wilkinson, and Mr. Harkins, executive vice-presidents. |