Reasons:

Community Health a Core Business Strategy

1. Your  organization was chartered to serve the community.
2. Public health resources are diminishing, and we are not just bystanders.  It affects your neighbors and family.
3. A community health perspective improves everyone's ability to solve problems by giving them the big picture.
4. Employees thrive on a sense of purpose, and few purposes generate more satisfaction than serving others.
5. Clinical quality improves with superior patient and family education, and coordination across sites of care.
6. Effective health education, prevention, early diagnosis, and appropriate utilization can save expenses and lives.
7. Strong community networks increase enrollment in existing health insurance programs.
8. Strong community networks reduce costs by linking health resources and reducing underutilized, duplicative capacity.
9. Community wisdom creates revenue through discovery and relationship building for new business opportunities.
10. Community action increases positive political will around health issues, enabling more effective advocacy.