Regionalization and Consolidation

Sharing Resources Across Jurisdictions: A Roadmap to Success

This webinar provides highlights from three Nebraska health districts that are sharing community outreach workers. It also provides highlights from CJS initiatives in New York and Colorado. Information about the Center’s Roadmap to Develop Cross-Jurisdictional Sharing Initiatives and Success Factors in Cross-Jurisdictional Sharing Arrangements is also included. Available online: https://phsharing.org/2015/05/28/nebraskawebinar/

A Case Study of Cross-Jurisdiction Resource Sharing: The Merger of Two Tuberculosis Clinics in East Tennessee

Cross-jurisdiction resource sharing is considered a possible means to improve efficiency and effectiveness of public health service delivery. A merger of the tuberculosis (TB) clinics of a rural and a metropolitan jurisdiction in East Tennessee provided an opportunity to study service provision changes in real time. A mixed methods approach was used, including quantitative data […]

Cross-Jurisdictional Resource Sharing in Changing Public Health Landscape: Contributory Factors and Theoretical Explanations ABSTRACT

Cross-jurisdictional resource sharing is a viable and commonly used process to overcome the challenges of new and emerging public health problems within the constraints of restricted budgets. LHDs, particularly smaller LHDs with limited resources, should consider increased resource sharing to address emerging challenges. Available online: http://journals.lww.com/jphmp/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2016&issue=03000&article=00003&type=abstract