• About Us
• History
• What We Do
• Mission
• Vision

The Registry Foundation

About Us

The Registry Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that was created in 1998 to extend and complement efforts of the Registry of Physician Specialists (RPS) to advocate and support education as a means to affect change. Our projects have focused on: 1) improving knowledge and healthcare quality in the areas of general medicine, mental health and correctional medicine; 2) timely intervention to reduce recidivism and promote positive activities for high risk youth; and, 3) providing improved healthcare and educational opportunities for the underprivileged. Our approach to education and life skills training includes emphasis on knowledge acquisition, critical thinking, prevention and proactive participation.

Support and partnering with community outreach groups are the main mechanisms we have used to advance our project work and we seek public and private funding to accomplish this. Among its volunteers, consultants and network, The Registry Foundation has a broad and diverse base of talent that includes medical professionals, educators, social workers, fundraisers, community activists, legal professionals and scientists. Where our capabilities can help, we strive to identify and enable creative solutions for the increasingly complex problems and disparity issues that challenge our communities.

History

Appreciating that education can be a key intervention to increase opportunity and improve healthcare for the underprivileged, Dr. Samuel G. Benson created the Foundation in 1998 and organized an experienced, dedicated Board of Directors to help set priorities and guide activities. As a result, the Registry Foundation is recognized for innovative approaches that promote learning and education. Since its inception, The Registry Foundation has been associated with the Registry of Physician Specialists (RPS) by virtue of a common commitment to improve correctional medicine, increase success of rehabilitation, reduce recidivism and provide timely intervention to youth at risk for violence and criminality.

With RPS’s financial assistance, The Registry Foundation has supported this affiliation by developing educational seminars for healthcare professionals and funding local education programs and community-based action groups for high-risk youth. Seminars were created to cover the topics of healthcare quality, mental health, correctional medicine, prevention of violence and criminality. These are all approved by major accrediting agencies, including the California Medical Board and have been delivered to multiple audiences. The Registry Foundation has also provided financial support to numerous community-based education and criminality prevention programs.

What We Do

In alignment with Dr. Benson’s guiding principles, education is the approach favored by The Registry Foundation to assist and affect change. Our current activities and new areas of focus evolved to complement the organization’s original emphasis on correctional medicine and criminality prevention which continue to be priorities in association with RPS. We now also focus with the Community Services Division (CSD) of RPS to improve education, healthcare and opportunity in socioeconomic disadvantaged areas. Another new interest area we share with CSD is national healthcare reform where we are working to develop services that will facilitate understanding of reform measures and assist with implementation and compliance. The Registry Foundation plans to develop new educational programs, seminars and tailored consultation services to support the transition efforts of healthcare professionals and organizations. We hope these services will help the primary care community fully qualify for stimulus incentives by accelerating adoption of change in healthcare process and operations, in particular, assisting successful implementation of health information technology.

We continue to emphasize correctional medicine and criminality prevention through support of community-based education and criminality prevention programs. Many of these programs operate on the philosophy that success is measured by impact on individual lives and well-being, hence the definition of success being to make a difference one parolee or one at-risk individual at a time. The biannual reports we receive from our partners give us encouraging evidence regarding the personal and societal significance of this approach.

Our current project areas now also include: 1) Developing educational systems to train, advise and mentor healthcare practitioners and providers on modifying care coordination and delivery to align with healthcare reform, including restructuring to fit Patient-Centered Medical Home and Accountable Care Organization models; 2) Physician education and leadership training with an emphasis on managing change in healthcare policy and process; 3) Developing creative educational approaches to promote health literacy, healthy living, disease prevention and environmental responsibility; 4) Developing new metrics and methods to allow proficient, economical delivery of quality healthcare.

Mission

The Registry Foundation is dedicated to learning, education and rehabilitation. Our pursuit of knowledge and understanding involves all segments of our society and communities. Our current emphasis on proficiency in health literacy and awareness of healthcare reform will support a more informed and proactive public and better enable effective, economical operation of our healthcare system. In all of our work, our actions are driven by genuine concern for people and situational needs and we are personally committed to achieving successful outcomes.

Vision

The goals of The Registry Foundation are two-fold. The first goal is to contribute educational resources and programs to support successful implementation of healthcare reform. The second goal is to continue efforts to understand and prevent violence and criminality through research and intervention via education and mentoring. We support the view that a healthy society encourages a safe, non-violent society.

Wisdom and commonsense:  “Education is the key to unlocking successful opportunities for all.”