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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />February 5, 2014 <br />S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2014 Agenda & Abstracts/Feb Page 3 <br /> <br />VI. Educational Sessions <br /> <br />A. Billing Dashboard Quarterly Reports <br /> <br />Susan Wagoner, Patient Account Rep. Supervisor, reported on the Billing <br />dashboard. She highlighted that Revenue and Billing accuracy are trending in the <br />right direction, with the exception of dental revenue which they have not yet <br />received (due to on-going problems with NC Tracks). <br /> <br /> <br />B. Children Living in Poverty <br /> <br />Dr. Bridger took a moment to thank guests Amy McHale, Alec Moore and Sierra <br />Shell for their role in creating a business plan for addressing child poverty in <br />Orange County. <br /> <br />Dr. Bridger provided an overview of the increasing problem of children living in <br />poverty in Orange County. She included trends in related indicators, evidence for <br />the importance of early childhood from the ACES study, a geospatial analysis of <br />the distribution of children in poverty, and a recommended plan for intervention. <br />The intervention plan will include the creation of a full time Program Coordinator <br />position at the Orange County Health Department, to be included in this year’s <br />budget request. The position will focus on planning for comprehensive <br />interventions modeled after the Harlem Children’s Zone project to reduce child <br />poverty. <br /> <br /> <br />C. Access to Care Dashboard <br /> <br />Mike Fliss, Health Informatics Manager presented and reviewed the Access to <br />Care Dashboards and received feedback from board members. He advised the <br />dashboards are on the Health Department website. <br /> <br /> <br />VII. Reports and Discussion with Possible Action <br /> <br /> <br />A. Health Director’s Report <br /> <br />There were no questions from the board regarding the Health Director’s Report <br />included in the packet. <br /> <br />Dr. Bridger covered the Frameworks training and how well it went. The next step <br />is to reconvene the group of people focused on childhood mental health issues. <br />She discussed having a consistent messaging campaign so they may practice <br />their framing skills, specific to childhood mental health communications.