Project Description

ECHO (Equity & Community Healthcare Outreach) is a start-up and was intentional when identifying itself as a Public Benefit Corporation. As a PBC, this allows ECHO to be sociallly responsible as it impacts communities, while having a structure that operates in a sustainable manner.

The focus areas for success will outline supplier diversity strategies, identify measurement criterias and implementation, and evaluate best practicies that delivers awareness, access, and accountability that integrates a community initiative for: nonprofits, medical & surgical products and distribution, and hospitals.

ECHO would like to address the following:

How do we introduce this unique approach and engage the three parties?
• What measuring tools can be captured to assess progression and perfomance?
• With a cause-related approach, how do we link performance measures that achieve the strategic objectives?
• What methodology should be propsed to understand the needs for the parties, what is the set-up and implementation of a progression and performance measurement system?
• How do we determine thresholds for progression and performance?
• How do we let the public and conumers know that hospitals and healthcare systems are addressing social issues that have a positive impact on the community?