Strategic Planning for the Office of the Chief Medical Officer

This project will: review prepared environmental scan of successful national and international health department chief medical officer (CMO) strategies and programs bridging public health and health care to advance health equity; add a limited environmental scan of health equity–oriented research priorities from successful CMOs nationally and internationally; summarize key results of CMO internal and external listening tour and integrate into the strategic plan; research and write the sections of the strategic plan that focus on identified activities by priority for the short term (over 1 year) and the long term (over 5 years); develop a dissemination plan for the CMO strategic plan and incorporate feedback from key stakeholders on the draft plan into the dissemination plan. In partnership with Dr. Stella Safo of Safo Consulting, the New York State Department of Health will develop the strategic and dissemination plans based on findings from the CMO listening tours and environmental scan.