1. What are the Common Components of a Health Network?

NCHN is the only national level organization dedicated exclusively to supporting and strengthening health networks across the country.

It is essential that an understanding of the commonly shared components of health networks be developed to ensure appropriate educational programming, policy development, and the expansion of partnerships.

This survey focuses on the commonly shared component of successful health network organizations, regardless of the network type, size, age, etc. These are the "common components" of the organizations. We are not asking about the characteristics, qualities or skills of the leader of the organization.

Please identify from the lists below, a total of eight (8)components that you feel all health networks share. You can make suggestions in the box at the end of the survey of other components you think should be considered as a common component, if it is not listed.

Remember, you should only have eight (8) checks when you complete your selection .... if you have more than 8 checks, please remove the extra check marks and place the items in the Other category at the bottom of the question.

If there is a component that you think networks share, but is not on the list, please provide it in the space provided.

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* 1. Infrastructure

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* 2. Leadership and Support

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* 3. Processes

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* 4. Systems/Operations

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* 5. Please review your selections above. You should only have eight (8) checks. If you have more than eight (8) total checks above, adjust your answers to reflect the eight (8) components you feel are common to successful networks.

Please add any additional "common components" you feel successful networks have that were not included on the listing above or that is over the eight (8) limit, please list here:

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* 6. Please tell us who you are. Check all that applies:

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* 7. If you have any comments or suggestions for future data collections that will help us report on networks and how they function, please list below:

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* 8. Thanks for your assistance! Your responses are confidential. If you would like to receive a copy of the summary report of the data collected on this survey, please list your name and email address below:

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