Section 8|Anchor Mission Implementation Tools and Resources
Templates and Dashboards
| A documented governance structure is essential to establishing a core anchor mission team across initiatives and an executive leadership committee that will provide organizational guidance on the trajectory of anchor mission execution. A departmental governance structure expands on Rush’s original anchor mission working group structure to include the contributions of the anchor mission core team and the business unit leads in advancing the anchor mission. |
 Governance Structure
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It is helpful to create and consistently edit a master data management framework that outlines metrics, data sources, and reporting cadences for all anchor initiatives. A template for that data management can be found here. A data collection framework outlines the data that the anchor mission department analyzes along with a schedule of when data reporting is due for internal and external audiences. |
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Implementing standardized metrics with consistent reporting timelines improves the sustainability of anchor mission initiatives over time. Standardization is also necessary when implementing an anchor mission across a hospital system that includes hospitals in different locations. The standard metrics for Rush can be found here. These have grown and evolved over time in alignment with metrics collected for Rush's Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), and metrics already collected by business departments. |
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Creating templates for business units to report on their progress allows for consistent reporting that does not create an organizational burden on business leads. Rush uses standard templates for business leads to submit quarterly data and describe activities they have engaged in to support anchor mission strategies.
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