Chatham Creating Access Now (Chatham CAN)
Through funding made available by a grant from Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Chatham CAN worked closely with Council partners to develop a system focused on solving the long standing problem of coordination of services and access to specialty care for uninsured patients served by Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council (CCSNPC) health care providers between February 1, 2009 and January 30, 2011.Through shared decision making and utilization of electronic software accessible by key CCSNPC providers, Chatham CAN created the infrastructure to support, improve and track access to specialty medical care. A committee composed of targeted council members identified the requirements of the technology and processes to assure accountability, measurement of outcomes and service delivery, patient privacy and ease of use of the system developed. On behalf of the Council, the Project Manager worked closely with physician leadership in the local Georgia Medical Society, large physician groups, hospitals and small practices to recruit and enroll volunteer physicians from the broad array of specialties vital to the success of this project.
Read the final report from Chatham CAN
