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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852

 

BUREAU OF HEALTH RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

TO COORDINATORS OF REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS, REGIONAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATORS ,
AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH ARTHRITIS

SUBJECT: Summaries of Arthritis Programs Funded in 1974 by Kegional Medical
Programs.

This transmits a copy of the summaries of pilot arthritis programs, funded
last year through a special one-year appropriation earmark of $4.5 millions,
for your information and use. These reports were prepared in November by
arthritis program and project directors at our request. They present the
status of the funded programs during or immediately following startup
activities, and contain information which may be useful to many individuals
working in the area of arthritis diseases.

The development and distribution of these summaries responds in part to
recommendations of the National Advisory Council on Regional Medical Pro-
grams when it recommended on June, 1974, in conjunction with their reviews

of pilot arthritis grant applications, that this new program be coordinated.
The Council also urged that mechanisms be developed for program reporting, ’
information exchange, and evaluation. We have been unable to respond fully |
to these Council recommendations in the face of staff reductions, the immi-
nent phase-out of the Division of Regional Medical Programs (DRMP), and

the expected termination of the Regional Medical Programs (RMP's) this year.

In order to develop a more adequate response to the Council's recommendations,
a conference of arthritis program leaders was convened at Kansas City, Missouri,
on January 19 20, 1975. The conference was sponsored by the 29 RMP's with
approved operational arthritis programs, the Arthritis Foundation, and the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Hosts of the conference were the
Kansas RMP, and the Kansas City Division, Arthritis Foundation. The program
summaries provided background for the deliberations of the more than 100
conferees, along with information developed by them during the conference.

The conference outcome was a body of resolutions calling for actions by
program participants and associates on aspects of the arthritis program,
including ways to record and assess the program, project reporting and
evaluation, activity coordination, and opportunities for obtaining con-
tinuity support.
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We presently anticipate that the conference report, which will fully reflect
discussions and resolutions, can be developed and transmitted to you during
the next two months.

Sincerely yours,
Bovieg fd
Herbert B. Pahl, Ph.D.

Acting Director
Division of Regional Medical Programs

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