Case Study Arroyo Fresco

Arroyo Fresco is a community health center that serves the Western Arizona from at least 11 clinics and four mobile service vans. The health center offers patients with high quality primary care and the preventive services which they are able to pay. The AF normally serves three counties including Yuma, La Paz and Mohave with both the diverse population and needs. The barrier care their particularly deal with are either imposed by the geography, culture or the income. This is associated with the lower standards of preventing screening and lack of efficiency and management of the chronic diseases. Most of the patients in the AF suffer from diabetes. There also experience chronic health problems such as asthma, depression, obesity and the cardiovascular diseases. The organization faces challenges such as the competitive environment. Although the

For example, the semiannual reviews by process owners may uncover a need to modify action plans to improve process performance. If so, a manager is assigned as the single point of responsibility and is charged with developing revisions to the plan. These proposed revisions are reviewed as soon as possible, either through one-on-one discussions, e-mail exchanges, or at the next scheduled management review meeting and are implemented following approval by the local managers or the senior leadership team.

The community health center has experienced the federal grant funding for the uninsured patients and some reductions in the Medicaid spending. To avoid this organization (AF) need to be financially stable and support growth and the improvement, the AF must therefore operates efficiently and ensure productivity. This can be done through the use of the information technology which helps to reduce waste and enhance productivity which expands and strengthen the access to the capital