Strategic Planning and Community Feedback

At the end of 2024, the IHP Board voted unanimously to establish a Strategic Planning Committee to look at all aspects of the way we provide healthcare on Fishers Island. Our goal is to make sure we are doing the best job possible AND that we will be able to continue to do so into the foreseeable future.

In February, a five-member committee was appointed and immediately got to work searching for an outside consultant to guide us in our efforts. The Committee received proposals from five different firms and after careful deliberation, hired Stephen Pratt, President of Impact Catalysts, a Massachusetts-based firm that specializes in working with non-profits. Steve has extensive experience working with various types of medical organizations all over the country. He has family roots in the New London area and is familiar with Fishers Island.

Steve has already begun working with the Strategic Planning Committee to conduct a thorough review of all aspects of IHP’s operations, including organizational structure, staffing, management and governance practices, as well as financial history. To this end, he will be examining the practices of healthcare providers in similar environments, particularly including comparable small islands and isolated rural communities.

One of the most important aspects of this process will be gathering stakeholder input. In other words, we want to hear from YOU!

• What do you think about IHP’s current operations?
• What changes would you like to see?
• Are there aspects of healthcare that you would like to see added to our current offerings?

To gather this information, Steve will be organizing focus groups and a community survey during the early summer months. The mission of IHP is to provide quality healthcare to all members of the Fishers Island community, but we need your feedback to make that happen. We want to hear from everyone; summer visitors as well as year-round residents and other island organizations.

We look forward to partnering together!