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Henry Schein Inc. 2015. The patient-centered dental-health home: An essential guide for planning the CHC dental facility expansion. no place: Henry Schein Inc., 68 pp.

Stone R. 2001. Building a village for children with special health care needs: Children's Village, Yakima and Sunnyside, Washington. [Yakima, WA: Children's Village], 126 pp.

Annotation: This book describes the strategic plan and development of the Children's Village of Yakima, WA, a center for children with special health care needs located in an isolated rural area characterized by lower-than-average income. The book discusses a various aspects of the center and is divided into the following chapters: (1) a history of family-centered thinking; (2) initial development; (3) fundraising; (4) steps to implementation; (5) choosing complementary services; (6) infrastructure for the model; (7) evaluating an integrated service model; and (8) successes and future challenges.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHN117.

Keywords: Case studies, Children with special health care needs, Family centered services, Health facility planning, Program descriptions, Program development, Rural environment, Service delivery, Washington

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. 1999. CHIP's impact on changing service delivery of federal health centers: Six case studies. [Dallas, TX]: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, 72 pp.

Annotation: This report provides a description of the experiences of federally funded health centers in the implementation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and/or Medicaid expansions. The study was conducted in two phases. This report covers the first phase, which involved case studies of six selected community health centers and their interaction with state programs and their primary care associations. The health centers were in Connecticut, California, Michigan, Colorado, South Carolina, and New Mexico. The report includes a chapter on each center. Each chapter discusses background information about the center; SCHIP planning, implementation, outreach, and readiness; services for children; and key factors for success.

Contact: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Office of Evaluation and Inspections, 1100 Commerce Street, Room 4B5, Dallas, TX 75242, Telephone: (800) 848-8960 Secondary Telephone: (214) 767-3310 Fax: (214) 767-2039 Available from the website. Document Number: OEI-06-98-00320.

Keywords: California, Case studies, Child health services, Colorado, Community health centers, Connecticut, Federal aid, Health facility planning, Low income groups, Medicaid, Michigan, New Mexico, Outreach, Primary care, South Carolina, State Children', State programs, s Health Insurance Program

Health Resources and Services Administration. 1997. Health information technology: Self-assessment tool for primary health care providers. Rockville, MD: Health Resources and Services Administration, 172 pp.

Annotation: This manual provides a self-assessment tool for primary health care providers to determine if they and their facilities have a need to increase their information technology level so their organizations become more efficient. It covers all aspects of the organization, including scheduling, claims processing, records, and marketing. The tool is also designed to help health care providers create a request for proposal (RFP) to vendors so they more accurately determine a facility's need for increased technology. It is largely divided into 10 steps: 1) administrative site/satellites, 2) functional process map, 3) process dimension, 4) physical space, 5) projections of change, 6) the compelling salesperson, 7) the discovery RFP, 8) cost/benefit analysis, 9) the final RFP, and 10) results analysis. Appendices include sample RFP's, employee readiness surveys, sample status reports, and definitions of terms.

Keywords: Evaluation methods, Health facility administrators, Health facility planning, Information networks, Information services, Information systems, Needs assessment, Primary care facilities, Requests for proposals, Self evaluation, Technology

Bogue R, Hall CH, Jr, eds. 1997. Health network innovations: How 20 communities are improving their systems through collaboration. Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association, 419 pp.

Annotation: This book, aimed at policy makers, researchers, physicians, community leaders, and others who are concerned about the effective delivery of health care, presents case histories of community health networks. They are divided into metropolitan, suburban, rural region, and rural county networks, and networks for special populations, including infant health, homeless people, and rural elderly. The examples were chosen from grant applications for financial aid to individual community care networks, with some selection for geographic dispersion. Each part opens with an analysis of the unique problems for that type of community and a summary of the cases in that part. The introduction provides an overview of current and possible future situations in the organization of health care delivery.

Contact: American Hospital Association, 155 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606, Telephone: (312) 422-3000 Secondary Telephone: Contact Phone: (800) 242-2626 Fax: (312) 422-4796 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.aha.org Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 1-55648-198-5 .

Keywords: Community based services, Community health services, Demography, Health care financing, Health care systems, Health facility planning, Interagency cooperation, Statistics

National Research Council, Assembly of Life Sciences, Division of Medical Sciences, Board on Maternal, Child, and Family Health Research, Committee on Implications of Declining Pediatric Hospitalization Rates. 1976. Implications of pediatric hospitalization rates. Rockville, MD: U.S. Bureau of Community Health Services, 57 pp.

Annotation: This report addresses the issue of pediatric bed occupancy. It reviews the available data on the subject and assesses the role of planning in improving the distribution of medical resources for children. It contains assessments of data dealing with hospital statistics for the total US population, hospital statistics for children, hospital use rates, pediatric hospitalization data from state and local studies, regional and local health planning studies, and regionalization and consolidation of pediatric care. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Data analysis, Evaluation, Health facility planning, Hospitals, Needs assessment, Pediatric care, Pediatric hospitals, Regional planning, Resource allocation, Statewide planning, Statistics

Reed LS, Hollingsworth, H. 1953. How many general hospital beds are needed?. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Bureau of Medical Services, 23 pp.

Annotation: This report examines available data on the number of general hospital beds needed to meet the country's needs. Included in the analysis is a review of previous estimates on the number of hospital beds needed to serve the population; a review of changes over the years in hospitalization utilization; and a new estimate on the volume of hospital service needed and number of beds required to meet current needs. Included are statistics on the number of beds needed in maternity wards and the number of beds needed for children and adults. The report includes state-by-state data and an analysis of hospital bed needs based on demographics.

Contact: HathiTrust Digital Library, University of Michigan, Telephone: (734) 764-8016 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.hathitrust.org/digital_library Available from Hathitrust via participating libraries.

Keywords: Health facility planning, Hospital units, Hospitals, Statistics

   

The MCH Digital Library is one of six special collections at Geogetown University, the nation's oldest Jesuit institution of higher education. It is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under award number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy with an award of $700,000/year. The library is also supported through foundation and univerity funding. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.