Navigating Paths to Better Health: Trends and Opportunities Judy

Navigating Paths to Better Health: Trends and Opportunities Judy L. Shanley, Ph.D. Asst. VP, Education & Youth Transition Co-Director, National Ctr for Mobility Management Easterseals ,Chicago, IL 1

Learning Objectives Learn about trends and opportunities that affect paths to improved health outcomes Identify opportunities for you to be involved Leverage community and national resources to improve mobility options to support access to healthcare 2

Trends and Opportunities to Move us along the Pathway Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) Social determinates of health Mobility Management – Innovation – Technology – Data 3

Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) Executive order 2004 Bring together Federal agencies Simplify customer access to transportation, Reduce duplication of transportation services, Streamline federal rules and regulations that may impede the coordinated delivery of services, and improve the efficiency of services using existing resources. Link to CCAM What could this look like at the State and local levels? 4

Social Determinants of Health High-quality health care is essential for treatment of individual health conditions, but it is not the only tool at our disposal. In order to solve the fundamental challenges of population health, we must address the full range of factors that influence a person’s overall health and well-being. From education to safe environments, housing to transportation, economic development to access to healthy foods—the social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, live, work, and age Public Health 3.0 A Call to Action to Create a 21st Century Public Health Infrastructure 5

Mobility Management can Create Pathways to Improved Health Mobility management is an approach to designing and delivering transportation service Starts and ends with the customer Establishes a community vision in which the entire transportation network works together Considers innovative solutions Deliver the transportation options that best meet the community’s needs 10

Mobility Management is About using Technology Technology is an aggregator of service – One-call, one-click Technology to capture data Technology to facilitate efficacy Technology to improve efficiency – Transportation network companies (Uber, Lyft, Bridj). 7

Mobility Management is About using Data Using data to inform and evaluate – Data about trip purposes – Data about efficiency to medical appointments – Rider satisfaction data – Health outcomes data – Return on Investment – Data on cost and cost allocation 8

Tap into Mobility Management Systems & Mobility Mangers in your Community It’s about Breaking Down Siloes

How to Identify a Mobility Manager in Your Community Local transit agency or transit authority State DOT Metropolitan Planning Organization Healthtran Google Local Coordinated Transportation plan, transportation advisory committee www.nc4mm.org 10

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. In Fierce Conversations, By Susan Scott 11

The National Center for Mobility Management Can Help you Make Connections The mission of the National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM) is to facilitate communities to adopt transportation strategies and mobility options that empower people to live independently and advance health, economic vitality, selfsufficiency, and community. www.nationalcenterformobilitymanagement.org

About the NCMM National Technical assistance center Launched in early 2013 Jointly operated by three national organizations: – Easterseals – American Public Transportation Association – Community Transportation Association of America Through a cooperative agreement with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. DOT 13

Take Advantage of Our Resources Webinars, Newsletters, Products Mobility Management & Information Practices Database (MMIP) Technical Assistance – ask your liaison – Link to Liaisons 14

Thoughts, Ideas, Questions?

Tap into Resources National Center for Mobility Management National Aging and Disability Transportation Center National Rural Transit Assistance Program ACL Project Transit Planning for All 16

It’s a Wrap . Judy Shanley, Ph.D. [email protected] 312-551-7227 17