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VIII Border Legislative Conference Improving the Border Region’s Access and Quality Of Health Care and Substance Abuse Health Work Table U.S. – Mexico Border Governors’ Conference July 9, 2004 Santa Fe, New Mexico Dan Reyna, MSS, MPA New Mexico Department of Health Health Work Table • A state-driven partnership of ten state health departments • Taking a systems-based approach to problem solving • Focused on long-term outcomes • Promoting the sustainability of joint efforts Our neighborhood Perspectives, Challenges and Actions • What? • Who? • How? What? Commitment Priority Results Who? Commitment Government Sector Social Sector Priority Economic Sector Results How? Commitment Existing Mechanisms Government Sector Social Sector Public-Private Partnerships Economic Sector Priority Results Horizontal & Vertical Approaches Existing Mechanisms for Action of the Health Work Table • Substance Abuse Commission • Binational Border Health Information System – Binational Technical Working Group – EPI-FAX Health Alert System Binational Border Health Information System California Arizona New Mexico Texas Baja California Sonora Chihuahua Coahuila Nuevo León Tamaulipas Binational Border Health Information Subsystems California Arizona New Mexico Texas Baja California Sonora Chihuahua Coahuila Nuevo León Tamaulipas Transborder Prescription Drugs • Current issue • High impact on the US-Mexico border – Economic impact – Increased drug costs – Health care access • Immediate action required Proposed Actions 1. Recognize the Health Work Table as a medium for health policy recommendations. Proposed Actions 2. Encourage relevant state and federal agencies and institutions of higher education to participate in the work of the Substance Abuse Commission of the HWT. Proposed Actions 3. Promote the economic and health care benefits of importation of prescription drugs for personal use along the USMexico border region. What? Who? How? Commitment Existing Mechanisms Government Sector Social Sector Public-Private Partnerships Economic Sector Priority Results Horizontal & Vertical Approaches VIII Border Legislative Conference VIII Conferencia de Legisladores de la Frontera Improving the Border Region’s Access and Quality Of Health Care and Substance Abuse Health Work Table U.S. – Mexico Border Governors’ Conference July 9, 2004 Santa Fe, New Mexico Dan Reyna, MSS, MPA New Mexico Department of Health
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