OVERVIEW OF FORUM ACTIVITIES
Fred Butler - Introduced Juli Fellows
Juli Fellows - Special thanks to those that helped contributed to this event. Ms. Fellows provided the following overview of the forum's activities.
OVERVIEW OF FORUM ACTIVITIES
Purpose of Forum
- Identify additional areas where new, broad collaboration could bring additional advantage in improved health and care
Forum Products
- Root cause analysis
- Based on data and own experience
- For each broad health topic and commonalities that identify advantages
Health Assessment Sections
- Status and gaps by health outcome
- Cross-cutting advantage points
Forum
- First step only
- Strategies or solutions are logical follow-up
Key Morning Deliverable
Create one alphabetized list of root causes that have popped up repeatedly in your group's exploration and discussions.
Root Causes
Factors, conditions, agents that play a major role in the development or progression of a disease or condition
Seven Categories
- Biological
- Economic
- Physical environment
- Lifestyle choices
- Spiritual
- Psycho-social
- Health care system
Morning Process
- List key issues
- Brainstorm root causes
- Pick root causes to explore more deeply
- In-depth analysis
- Look for commonalities, repetition, overlap
Explorers
The process that we are involved in is much like that of an explorer. An important part of being an explorer is to have the appropriate frame of mind. The following list was developed by the forum participants:
- Curiosity
- Hopefulness
- Vision
- Passion
- Think out of the box
- Openness
- Flexibility
- Courage
- Risk
- King/Queen to fund the adventure
The participants all agreed that these characteristics would be utilized in the breakout sessions
