ParkRx Programs

Innovative Health Solutions (IHS) plays a leadership role in connecting public and private organizations to create healthier and equitable communities for all through our ParkRx program. Parks provide so much more than spaces to be physically active. They are a place of community, a place to meet friends, a place for neighbors to relax, children to play and a place for everyone to enjoy all the added benefits of being in nature.

ParkRx has the vision of establishing a multi-sector coalition engaging health providers, parks and recreational agencies and community stakeholders to increase park visits and physical activity among low-income patients.

The program is responsible for the following key activities:

• Support the creation of a multi-sector ParkRx collaborative.
• Assist with identifying key stakeholders to become members of the coalition.
• Facilitate planning meetings with key stakeholders to identify areas of collaboration, barriers to implementation, and appropriate park programming.
• Develop a ParkRx collective impact action plan including goals, strategies communications, and outcomes.
• Develop a ParkRx outreach and communication plan to increase park usage among low-income youth and families.
• Co-create ParkRx assessment survey to assess interest, barriers and needs of low-income patients, families and/or youth and identify ways to address barriers and/or incentivize recreational opportunities that appeal to low-income patients, youth and families.
• Co-develop ParkRx promotional materials and resources to increase outreach and awareness of ParkRx opportunities that meet patients’ interest and abilities.
• Design a site based ParkRx program to support chronic disease prevention and quality improvement medical billing plans. 
• Assess quality improvement and chronic disease billing activities and identify opportunities to integrate ParkRx programming