Title: Ann Lennarson Greer Municipal Health Services Project Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1971-1984

Creator:

• Ann Lennarson Greer

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 336

Quantity: 4.8 cubic ft. (10 boxes)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Ann Lennarson Greer, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor emerita in sociology and researcher for the Eisenhower Center for the Conservation of Human Resources at Columbia University, evaluated the Milwaukee portion of the Municipal Health Services Project. The Municipal Health Services Project, conducted from 1978 to 1982, was part of a larger project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to assist Milwaukee, Baltimore, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and San Jose in the delivery of basic health services to people living in underserved urban neighborhoods. The collection consists primarily of reports, updates, and records of meetings dealing with the project, but also includes newpapers articles on Milwaukee healthcare related subjects, and information about medical care in general in Southeastern Wisconsin, compiled or created by Ann Greer.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0336

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In 1976, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in cooperation with the American Medical Association and the United States Conference of Mayors developed a plan to help five major cities better serve urban neighborhoods. Each city that was chosen received three million dollars to establish ambulatory neighborhood clinics. The goal of the project was to improve the health of underserved urban residents by making neighborhood provision more accessible and lowering the cost of this care by diverting primary care patients away from emergency rooms. The grantee was the Milwaukee Health Department and the Milwaukee Health Commissioner, who served as the director of the project. The proposal was developed in cooperation with the Milwaukee County Medical Complex, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Marquette University School of Dentistry, and the Special Projects Advisory Group which provided community input. Four urban locations were selected including the Downtown Medical and Health Services Clinic, the Johnston Community Health Center, the Harambee Community Health Center, and the Inner City Development Project/Mt. Sinai Medical Health Center. The project ultimately failed mostly due to the fact that the project was unable to change the habits of consumers or providers and so there was a major lack in utilization of these sites, as well as administrative problems.

Ann Lennarson Greer, a professor of Sociology and Urban Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was hired as a third party consultant to review the project. Her long career as a researcher has mostly focused on the uptake of innovation in medical practice and health care organizations focusing on local-level decision-making by healthcare professionals, healthcare consumers, and health organization managers.

The collection is an accumulation of information that Ann Greer used to conduct her evaluation of the Milwaukee Muncipal Health Services Project. It consists primarily of reports and updates to the Center for the Conservation of Human Resources at Columbia University, some authored by her. It also contains reports on site visits, interviews, questionnaires, and meeting minutes that would have been used in creating these reports. In addition, there is a wide variety of information that concerns healthcare in Southeastern Wisconsin in general such as newspaper articles, budgets, and hospital statistics.

The files are organized alphabetically by personal name or by subject, then chronologically. Files may contain a variety of materials, including correspondence, reports, interviews, and meeting minutes.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• City Club of Milwaukee Records. Milwaukee Mss AS, Milwaukee Micro 69, Micro 1196, PH 3894.

• Joseph C. Czerwinski Papers. Milwaukee Mss 70, Tape 967A.

• New Hope Project Records. UWM Manuscript Collection 158.

• Sinai Samaritan Medical Center Records. UWM Manuscript Collection 108.

• United Way of Greater Milwaukee Records. Milwaukee Mss BG, Tape 429A.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

Ann Greer donated the records to the UWM Archives in November 2012 (accession 2012-028).

Processing Information

Greg Comly, supervised by Tim Cary, processed the collection in July 2014.

Box   1 Folder   1	Capital Drive Community Health Center, 1981
Box   1 Folder   2	Carley Report on County Hospital, 1979
Box   1 Folder   3	Center for Health Administration Studies, University of Chicago, 1979
Box   1 Folder   4	City and County Health Budgets, 1978-1982
Box   1 Folder   5	Coalition of Greater Milwaukee Health Centers, 1980-1981
	Conservation of Human Resources (CHR)
Box   1 Folder   6	Ambulatory Care Article, 1982
Box   1 Folder   7	Columbia University Directives and Correspondence, 1977-1983
Box   1 Folder   8	Consumer Marketing Survey of the Robert Wood Johnson Target Area, 1982
Box   1 Folder   9	Cream City Neighborhood Health Program, 1971-1973
	Downtown Medical and Health Services
Box   1 Folder   10	Closing, 1982
Box   1 Folder   11	In-House Surveys, 1979-1981
Box   1 Folder   12	Site Visits/Interviews, 1978-1982
Box   1 Folder   13	Surveys, undated
Box   2 Folder   1	Eli Ginzberg, Problematic Use of Public General Hospital, undated
Box   2 Folder   2	Guadalupe Children's Medical-Dental Care, 1979
Box   2 Folder   3	Harambee Ombudsman Project, 1971-1979
Box   2 Folder   4	Health Referral Services, 1974
Box   2 Folder   5	Health Status Indicators for Southeastern Wisconsin, 1974
Box   2 Folder   6	Hospital Utilization Statistics, 1974-1983
Box   2 Folder   7	Hyatt Recommendation to Steering Committee, Milwaukee County Medical Complex, 1979
Box   2 Folder   8	Inner City Development Project Health Center, 1978
Box   2 Folder   9-10	Interviews, 1978-1981
Box   3 Folder   1	Interviews and Meetings with Gary Christopherson, 1978-1980
Box   3 Folder   2	Interviews with Doctors, Community Clinics, undated
Box   3 Folder   3	Isaac Coggs Community Health Center Advisory Committee, 1980-1982
Box   3 Folder   4	Johnston/Coggs/Downtown Medical and Health Services, Survey Results, undated
Box   3 Folder   5	Johnston Community Health Center, Committee Meeting, 1980-1981
Box   3 Folder   6	Johnston Southside Medical and Health Services, 1965-1976
Box   3 Folder   7	Medicaid in Missouri, A Medical and Health Services Report, 1982
	Milwaukee County Medical Complex
Box   3 Folder   8	Mission/Organization/Structure, 1977-1981
Box   3 Folder   9	The Future of Milwaukee County General Hospital, 1980
	Municipal Health Services Project
Box   3 Folder   10	5 City Log, 1981
Box   3 Folder   11-12	Baseline Report, Health Care for Urban Poor, 1982
Box   4 Folder   1-2	Baseline Report, Internal Use, 1980
Box   4 Folder   3-4	Evaluation Baseline Report, 1982
Box   4 Folder   5	Financial Performance Study, 1982
Box   4 Folder   6	National Advisory Board Meeting, 1982
	Milwaukee Municipal Health Services Project
Box   4 Folder   7	Application and Grant, 1978
Box   5 Folder   1	Background Information, 1976-1981
Box   5 Folder   2	Baseline Report, By Ann Greer, undated
Box   5 Folder   3	Evaluation, By John Krogman, 1979-1980
Box   5 Folder   4	Financial Reports, 1979-1982
Box   5 Folder   5	Major Developments, 1981
Box   5 Folder   6	Provider Contracts, 1979
Box   5 Folder   7	Quarterly Reports to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1980-1981
Box   5 Folder   8	Service Coordinator, 1980-1982
Box   5 Folder   9	Staffing Questionnaires, 1980-1981
Box   6 Folder   1	Staffing Questionnaires (Continued), 1980-1981
Box   6 Folder   2-7	Update, 1979-1983
Box   6 Folder   8	Update on Implementation, undated
Box   6 Folder   9	Utilization, 1980-1982
Box   6 Folder   10	Utilization and Staffing, 1980
Box   6 Folder   11	Utilization and Staffing Data Collection, 1981
Box   6 Folder   12	Utilization Patterns, 1984
Box   7 Folder   1	Michael Millman Report, The Role of City Government in Personal Health Services, undated
Box   7 Folder   2	Milwaukee County Budget Proceedings, 1981
Box   7 Folder   3	Milwaukee County Hospital Budget Related Appendices, 1979
Box   7 Folder   4	Milwaukee Health Department Nursing Bureau, 1977
Box   7 Folder   5	Milwaukee Health Department Proposals, 1979
Box   7 Folder   6	Milwaukee Indian Health Center, 1975-1979
Box   7 Folder   7	Milwaukee Reflections, By Ann Greer, 1982
Box   7 Folder   8	National Association of Community Health Centers, 1979-1980
Box   7 Folder   9	Neighborhood Health Centers Milwaukee, Summary, undated
	Newspaper Articles
Box   7 Folder   10-13	Municipal Health Services Project Related, 1972-1982
Box   8 Folder   1-4	Municipal Health Services Project Related, 1979-1982
Box   8 Folder   5	O'Donnell Milwaukee County Medical Complex Report, 1979
Box   8 Folder   6	Outreach Services, 1980-1981
	PAG (Special Project Advisory Group)
	Meeting Minutes
Box   8 Folder   7-9	1978-1979
Box   9 Folder   1-5	1979-1982
Box   9 Folder   6	Membership List, 1979-1980
Box   9 Folder   7	Plan for the Reorganization of Milwaukee County Human Services, 1979
Box   9 Folder   8	Planned Parenthood, 1978
Box   9 Folder   9	Project Life, 1978-1980
Box   10 Folder   1	Proposed Alternative Sketch Plans for Interim Guidance, 1981
Box   10 Folder   2	Ray Trammel Research Thesis: Patients Perceptions of Physicians Behavior, 1983
	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ)
Box   10 Folder   3	Annual Reports, 1979-1980
Box   10 Folder   4-5	Site Visit Meetings, 1979-1980
Box   10 Folder   6	Sixteenth Street Community Health Center, 1978-1979
Box   10 Folder   7	South Side Community Health Center, undated
Box   10 Folder   8	Southeastern Wisconsin Health Systems Agency Meetings, 1978
Box   10 Folder   9	U.S. Conference of Mayors, Financing Urban Ambulatory Care Programs, 1980
Box   10 Folder   10	Volunteer Community Health Facilitator Program, Milwaukee Municipal Health Services Project, 1981
Box   10 Folder   11	West of the River Community Health Center, 1979
Box   10 Folder   12	Wisconsin Medical Assistance Program, 1966-1981