Rock County Community Needs Assessment Action Plan Objective Promote Hypertension Awareness
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Support Obesity Education
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Work Plan 1: Lifestyle Strategies Measure of Success Mercy participates in • Number is health fairs we community health fairs. attended. Free screening days at clinics. • Count of participants at the lunch and learn Mercy led community Events. event. We also hold "Lunch and • Number of mailings to Learns" throughout the year to people attending events increase knowledge of heart failure and hypertension. • Number of people visiting the screening tool Mailings with wellness tips website. participant of mercy lead events. Provide access through our website to our hypertension screening tool
We provide free health screenings at community events. We are increasing 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
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Timeline 2012-2014
2012-2014 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 “Health Image” program Over all weight loss of participant in “Health
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Partners We partner with many community organizations in this endeavor. American Heart Association.
Mercy Diabetes education program. Janesville School District Beloit school district Medical Staff National walking day program
Promote Smoking Cessation
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Increase “Healthy Image” Program
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Increase access to Mercy's “Smoking Cessation” program. Mercy will create a scholarship program to bear some of the cost of the smoking cessation program. We will provide a free "Commit to Quit" support group. MercyCare will provide a stop smoking helpline. Mercy will work with the school districts to create early education prevention program for children. We will also offer a free stop smoking wellness program for employees. Mercy will mail educational materials about lung cancer screenings
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2012-2014 Increase number of participants in the 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 likelihood of lung cancer
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Mercy Oncology Smoking cessation programs. MercyCare Janesville School District
Objective Increase Access Mental Health Care
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Autism Support
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Support Decreased Substance Abuse
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Work Plan 2: Mental Health Strategies Measure of Success Mercy will provide staffing and • Donations to Behavior equipment to the local Health Services. HealthNet clinic • Increased utilization of outpatient services. Mercy will open an outpatient mental health program for teens and young adults. We will help fund the “Youth Emotional Stability” program of Janesville. We will offer a suicide survivor support group through our Options program Mercy will create an autism • Number of recipients of treatment fund the autism support fund We will provide autism • Total populations helped awareness education as at through community community health fairs. health fairs. We will provide autism • Number of screenings screenings at pre K screening done at pre K screening events events. Increased drug rehabilitation • Decreased drug use in program. the county. Drug prevention programs • Number of AA meetings hosted at Mercy We will host an AA meetings at locations mercy locations
Timeline 2014
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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
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Objective Support Yearly Pap Test
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Colorectal Cancer Screening Education
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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. We will provide free dental health clinic at Freedom Fest. • Number of patients that are treated at HealthNet Mercy will work to get dental care for House of Mercy recipients.
Work Plan 4: Screenings Strategies Measure of Success Mercy will provide staffing and • Number of mailings equipment to the local going out to women HealthNet clinic • Dollars donated to the HealthNet clinic Educate on importance of PAP testing at community events • Number of PAP’s done at HealthNet clinic Mailings to women needing PAP testing We will provide education and • Internal Quality data awareness at community health • Number of Publications fairs. that are sent out We will put out publications on • Number of the importance of Colorectal Gastroenterology Screening physicians recruited to the area. We will increase access to Gastroenterology physicians in • Number of recipients the community that seek care. Mercy will send educational material to the public
Timeline 2014
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Partners Health Net United Way Community Health Center. Rock county dental association House of Mercy
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Partners Mercy Medical Staff HealthNet Clinic
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Timeline 2012-2014
2012-2014
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Medical Staff Nurses, Wisconsin Department of Health Wisconsin Collaborative for Hospital Quality