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-Information courtesy Cardinal Innovations Healthcare
Cardinal Innovations Healthcare is excited to announce the launch of a new, more responsive, and solution-focused community governance structure. The Regional Health Council model brings together members, families, providers, and community stakeholders to collectively identify challenges and priorities, share best practices, and ultimately create positive change.
The model is comprised of four distinct groups that will work together, along with CFAC, to inform and direct activity and provide guidance to the Cardinal Innovations Board of Directors. For an overview of the structure, click here.
Two of the groups, the Provider Partners Council and the Operations Council, will be filled through our existing Provider Councils and Health Departments, respectively. Applications for the Regional Health Councils and Community Advisory Councils opened November 1, and we ask for your help in recruiting individuals to serve on these important councils.
The governance model will be aligned to four distinct regions comprised of five counties each. The Regional Health Council will bring together individuals from the five (5) counties to discuss and prioritize the needs of those areas, develop a Regional Health Improvement Plan (RHIP), and oversee implementation of the plan. More specific information about the requirements for this group can be found here.
The RHC will meet quarterly. Members will be selected by the Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Board of Directors during the December 2019 Board Meeting. Individuals wishing to join the RHC can fill out an application here. Applications are due no later than 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 24.
There will be one (1) Community Advisory Council (CAC) in each county of the Cardinal Innovations Healthcare catchment. The CAC will serve as an avenue for individuals in the community (members, families, providers, and stakeholders) to present the needs of the community to the Regional Health Councils.
Additionally, the CAC will be tasked with completing the goals of the RHIP on the local level. The CAC will meet eight (8) times a year. Voting members will be selected by each local Board of County Commissioners.
Individuals wishing to join the CAC can fill out an application here. Applications are due no later than 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 24.
Thank you for your support and assistance as we implement this improved model of governance.