State Seeking Input on State Health Plan

The State of Tennessee is seeking input on the State Health Plan through an on-line survey and through a series of public meetings. The first edition of the plan was released in 2009 and is available on-line here.

Tennesseans are invited to give their opinions for the 2010 edition of the State Health Plan. To give your opinion, click here to take the online survey. The survey results will be incorporated into the 2010 State Health Plan, a document of common goals and promising strategies to improve health and health care in Tennessee.

In addition, the Division of Health Planning will hold meetings across Tennessee to discuss goals and strategies for a state health plan. The following meetings have been scheduled with more to follow.

July 9, 10 am – 12 pm Murfreesboro, MTSU
July 13, 10 am – 12 pm Nashville, Tennessee State University
July 15, 1-3 pm Jackson, Tennessee Technology Center
July 16, 1-3 pm Martin, UT Martin
July 20, 10 am – 12 pm Memphis, UT Health Science Center

Additional meetings to be announced in:
Tri-Cities, ETSU
Chattanooga, UT Chattanooga
Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University
Knoxville, UT Howard Baker Center for Public Policy

The Plan establishes Five Principles for Achieving Better Health and outlines a public process for developing goals and strategies for each of the Five Principles. The following Five Principles for Achieving Better Health are based on the Division's enacting legislation:

The purpose of the State Health Plan is to improve the health of Tennesseans;
Every citizen should have reasonable access to health care;
The state's health care resources should be developed to address the needs of Tennesseans while encouraging competitive markets, economic efficiencies, and the continued development of the state's health care system;
Every citizen should have confidence that the quality of health care is continually monitored and standards are adhered to by health care providers; and
The state should support the recruitment and retention of a sufficient and quality health care workforce