Title III, SEC. 3411. PURPOSES. Subject to the provisions of subparts B through D, the purposes of this part are as follows: (1) To improve access to health services for urban and rural medically-underserved populations through a program of flexible grants, contracts, and loans. (2) To facilitate transition to a system in which medically-underserved populations have an adequate choice of community-oriented providers and health plans. (3) To promote the development of community practice networks and community health plans that integrate health professionals and health care organizations supported through public funding with other providers in medically underserved areas. (4) To support linkages between providers of health care for medically-underserved populations and regional and corporate alliance health plans. (5) To expand the capacity of community practice networks and community health plans in underserved areas by increasing the number of practice sites and by renovating and converting substandard inpatient and outpatient facilities. (6) To link providers in underserved areas with each other and with regional health care institutions and academic health centers through information systems and telecommunications. (7) To support activities that enable medically underserved populations to gain access to the health care system and use it effectively.