Building Sustainable Infrastructure

Leadership/Culture

• Improving Community Health through Hospital — Public Health Collaboration: Insights and Lessons Learned from Successful Partnerships, Commonwealth Center for Governance Studies, 2014. This resource lays out a set of recommendations intended to assist hospital, public health, other community leaders and policymakers develop strong partnerships devoted to improving community health.
• The Mission Imperative of Community Benefit — Flyer | Card
• Poverty in America, Catholic Campaign for Human Development, part of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice: A Guide for Charities and Foundations, Independent Sector, 2015

Policies

• Checklist for Hospital Policies and Practices (G)
• Patient Friendly Billing® project, a nationwide initiative to make financial communications to patients clear, concise and correct

Partnerships

• Creating Effective Hospital-Community Partnerships to Build a Culture of Health, Health Research & Educational Trust and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Making the Case for Collaborative Community Health Improvement, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Ministering Together: A Step-by-Step Guide for Collaboration with Catholic and other Community Partners, CHA, 2003
• Factors Influencing the Success of Collaboration, Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities

Staffing

• Community Benefit Competencies (G)
• Sample Community Benefit Orientations — for leaders and front line staff (G)

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