State and city officials unveiled plans Thursday to address the health disparities in North Philadelphia through the creation of a "Health Enterprise Zone."
The HEZ is being created to try new and innovative community-based approaches to health care, and reward approaches that reduce health disparities, improve health outcomes, and stabilize and reduce health care costs.
The HEZ will focus on four goals:
Innovation: Developing, deploying, and coordinating human and technological resources to improve and elevate the social, economic, and health outcomes for North Philadelphia.
Investment: Redirecting and investing resources into core infrastructure institutions to achieve long-term health, stability, and sustainability in the zone.
Incentive: Aligning public and private capital and financial models to properly resource community, staff, and institutions within the zone to affect short and long-term change.
Integration: Focusing on coordination of efforts, reducing duplication, improving quality, and promoting economies of scale.
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