Fostering Sustainability through Performance Measurement in Health Center Medical-Legal Partnerships

Report / Fact Sheet
Written By NCMLP

Description

This issue brief highlights the crucial role of sustainability for medical-legal partnerships (MLP), focusing on programs situated in health centers. It presents performance measures across eight dimensions to assess MLP sustainability. Building on the NCMLP Performance Measures Handbook (April 2016), these measures cover financial and non-financial aspects. They address resistance to innovation and emphasize the importance of communicating value, long-term planning, and securing funding.

 

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Author

  • James Teufel, PhD, Consultant, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

This issue brief was published by the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership.

 

Acknowledgment

This issue brief is based on insights from a learning collaborative hosted by the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (NCMLP).

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an FY23 award to the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership totaling $602,314.00 with 0 percent financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.

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