1. A Health System Perspective on Housing Partnerships
Pam Mariea-Nason RN, MBA
Exec, Community Health Division
Providence, Oregon Region

2. What you need from the Health System Perspective:
Purpose
The “why” of the project
Purpose and historical relationships
Leadership
We needed Health System CEO level and “right hand” people
Structure
Work group structures are important, both who is on them, and what you chose to work on
Communications group was key
Policy group mattered
Evaluation discussion from the beginning
Purpose:
This impacts the most vulnerable in our community. While we compete on many fronts, we’ve learned to collaborate for this population.
Health System leaders sitting on the Board of CCC, CCC CEO sits on Boards that other System Execs sit on (eg. of HealthShare). We understand each others work.

3. Health System Perspective
Prior Health System Collaboration/Relationships
Examples
PANOW
Recuperative Care program
Collaborative CHNA
Health Share CCO
CSC initiative
Just start somewhere…

4. From the Health System Perspective:
Communication
Respecting partnership above individual organization’s PR
Taking the opportunity to educate community leaders about role of health systems in CB
It is about serving the community
Funding: Community Benefit
Needs to line up with the health systems identified needs (Community Health Needs Assessment)
A departure from our history of focus on “program” support to capital support
Catholic Health Association’s 2015 Guide for Planning & Reporting Community Benefit, Providence “shall not retain any financial interest in these assets, and that this award in no way represents a loan or advance”.