Rock County Community Needs Assessment Action Plan Objective Promote Hypertension Awareness
Support Obesity Education
Work Plan 1: Lifestyle Strategies Measure of Success Participate in community Number of health fairs health fairs attended Free screening days at clinics Count of participants at lunch and learn events Mercy-led community events "Lunch and Learn" events held Number of mailings to people attending events throughout the year to increase knowledge of heart Number of people failure and hypertension visiting the screening tool website Mailings with wellness tips Provide access through Mercy website to hypertension screening tool
Provide free health screenings at community events Increase access to diabetes education programs at Mercy Health Mall Sponsor 4th and 5th grade track meet to promote exercise and fitness Wellness course for elementary school children “My Plate” education and activity at health fairs Increase “Healthy Image” Program
Timeline 2014-2016
2014-2016 Increased number of diabetics in the education program Number of health screenings done at health fairs Number of children educated at schools Number of participants in the “Healthy Image” program Overall weight loss of participants in “Healthy Image”
Partners Mercy partners with many community organizations in this endeavor Example: American Heart Association
Mercy Diabetes Education Program Janesville School District Beloit School District Mercy medical staff National Walking Day Program
Promote Smoking Cessation
Increase access to Mercy's “Smoking Cessation” program Create a scholarship program to bear some of the cost of the smoking cessation program Provide a free "Commit to Quit" support group Provide a stop smoking helpline through MercyCare Offer a free stop smoking wellness program for employees Work with the school districts to create an early education prevention program for children Mail educational materials about lung cancer screenings
2014-2016 Increase number of participants in both the support group and the cessation program Number of children in early prevention program Number of partners using the stop smoking wellness program Monthly mailing to those who smoke and have an increased likelihood of lung cancer
Mercy Oncology Smoking cessation programs MercyCare Janesville School District
Objective Increase Access to Mental Health Care
Autism Support
Support Decreased Substance Abuse
Work Plan 2: Mental Health Strategies Measure of Success Provide staffing and equipment Donations to Behavioral to the local HealthNet clinic Health Services Open an outpatient mental Increased utilization of health program for teens and outpatient services young adults Help fund the “Youth Emotional Stability” program of Janesville Offer a suicide survivor support group through the Options program Create an autism treatment Number of recipients of fund the autism support fund Provide autism awareness Total populations helped education at community health through community fairs health fairs Provide autism screenings at Number of screenings pre-K screening events done at pre-K screening events Increase drug rehabilitation Decreased drug use in program utilization the county Partner with drug prevention Number of AA meetings programs hosted at Mercy locations Host AA meetings at Mercy locations
Timeline 2016
2016
2016
Partners Mercy Options Program Local HealthNet United Way
Mercy Foundation Geneva National Foundation Rock County School District
Alcoholics Anonymous
Objective Increase Access to Dental Care
Objective Support Yearly Pap Test
Colorectal Cancer Screening Education
Work Plan 3: Dental Care Strategies Measure of Success Provide funding for the local Number of people HealthNet free dental clinic receiving dental exams at health fair Provide free dental health clinic at Freedom Fest Number of patients that are treated for dental Work to get dental care for care at HealthNet House of Mercy recipients
Work Plan 4: Screenings Strategies Measure of Success Provide staffing and equipment Number of mailings to the local HealthNet clinic going out Educate on importance of PAP Dollars donated to the testing at community events HealthNet clinic Mailings to women needing PAP Number of PAPs done at testing HealthNet clinic Provide education and awareness at community health fairs Distribute publications on the importance of colorectal cancer screening Increase access to gastroenterology physicians in the community Send educational materials to the public
Internal quality data Number of publications sent out Number of gastroenterology physicians recruited to the area Number of recipients that seek care
Timeline 2016
Partners HealthNet United Way Community Health Center Rock County Dental Association House of Mercy
Partners Mercy medical staff HealthNet Clinic
Timeline 2014-2016
2014-2016
Mercy medical staff Mercy nursing staff Wisconsin Department of Health Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality