What's Helping What We Do?

These are the positive forces at work in our strategy/ program that influence how much we do or how well we do it.

•    State Funding for supplies
•    The recognition by clinical staff and providers that patients are in need of the device
•    Providing education to patients about their disease, how to lower hypertension with diet, and how to use the blood glucose machine.
•    Primary Care clinic within the Health Department
•    Sliding Scale fees
•    Clinical Providers available five days a week

 What's Hurting What We Do?

These are the negative forces at work in our strategy/program that influence how much we do or how well we do it.

•   No funding sustainability
•  Patient noncompliance with follow-up appointments as noted in the care plan
•   Limited amount of blood glucose monitors

The following actions have been identified by CHA Team as ideas for what can work for this performance measure to make a difference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control.

(A) Actions and Approaches Identified by Our CHA Team. These are actions and approaches that we think can make a difference for this performance measure.

• Worksite Wellness
• Conduct a health fair for the community
• Offer more exercise classes
• Offer healthy cooking classes
• Offer classes on how to shop healthier
• Educations through all media outlets (newspaper, social media, radio)

(B) No-cost and Low-cost Ideas Identified by Our CHA Team. These are no-cost and low-cost actions and approaches that we think can make a difference for this performance measure.

• Education to all individuals
• Better hours for the Gym
• Media campaigns

(C) What your customers think would work to do better These are actions and approaches that our customers think can make a difference for this performance measure.

• Indoor track
• More bicycle trails
• Pool with water aerobics class

(D) List of Questions/Research Agenda These are questions to follow-up on for this performance measure. 

• What will bring people to the lunch and learn?
• What incentives can we provide to get people interested in the worksite wellness?
• How do we get individuals to use the devices they received to improve their Chronic Disease?