About HMCT

Healthy Memphis Common Table (HMCT) is a regional health and healthcare improvement collaborative for the greater Memphis area.  HMCT is made up of its Community Partners: organizations, coalitions or individuals dedicated to improving health and healthcare of people in the greater Memphis area.

Mission

The Healthy Memphis Common Table is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to support and encourage people working together to improve the health of everyone in our community.

Vision

We, the Community Partners of the Healthy Memphis Common Table, envision a healthy community built upon the fundamental HealthCARE principles of:

• Health:  We seek to reorganize our health system to promote health as its primary goal.
• Choice:  We choose the best value in health care providers and treatments.
• Access:  We provide care according to need for all people. 
• Responsibility:  We take responsibility for our health and are accountable for our health care resources.
• Education:  We continually learn and share how to best improve our health and the health system.

*"Memphis HealthCARE Principles in the literature:
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/apr/06_0100.htm?s_cid=pcd42a35_e
http://caf4qcore.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/memphis-proposes-organizing-model/

History

In the spring of 2000, a public benefit corporation was formed to encourage people working together to improve health and healthcare systems in the greater Memphis area.   In 2003, this non-profit organization became the Healthy Memphis Common Table, and focused its energies on building community-wide collaboration for health and health system improvement. (See Timeline)

Healthy Memphis Common Table assists the people of the Mid-South through:

• Bringing partners together to improve health and being the Mid-South catalyst for health and health care improvement.

• Action-Oriented Working Group Facilitation

• Periodic Community Partner Meetings (usually quarterly)

• Annual Community Partner Summits

• HMCT Community Partner Email Newsletter

• Healthymemphis.org website