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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />August 24, 2011 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Lisa Smith August 24, 2011 2 <br /> <br />INTERNAL FOCUS AREAS <br /> <br />1) Technology <br />a. Implement Electronic Health Record system <br />b. Support dental software and Permits Plus <br />c. Maintain IT inventory <br /> <br />2) Workforce <br />a. Develop leaders <br />b. Train workers <br />c. Promote cultural competency <br /> <br />3) Finance <br />a. Connect budget process to outcomes <br />b. Create contract management program <br />c. Improve the internal agency support services <br /> <br />4) Quality <br />a. Continue assurance efforts <br />b. Integrate quality improvement into operations <br />c. Communicate efforts <br /> <br /> <br />III. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda none <br /> <br />IV. Action Items (Consent) <br /> <br />A. Minutes approval of June 22, 2011 meeting <br /> <br />B. NACCHO/NALBOH/CDC Tobacco Control Award-$5000 <br /> <br />The Orange County Health Department applied for and was awarded $5000 from <br />NACCHO/NALBOH/CDC for sustaining local Tobacco Control efforts. Pam Diggs will lead a <br />team of 10 community agencies in an intensive planning session with a resulting action plan for <br />advancing local tobacco policies. Total award $5000.00—distributed over a seven-month period <br />as grant deliverables are met. Board of Health Chair Anissa Vines will represent the Board of <br />Health. <br /> <br />C. Community Health Assessment Prioritization Process <br /> <br />By December, the Health Department will complete the 2011 Community Health Assessment <br />(CHA). <br /> <br />A Community Health Assessment Leadership Team (CHALT), made up of community members <br />and professionals from across the community, was formed to guide the assessment process. <br />The CHALT decided to collect data from three sources: 1) a community survey, 2) focus groups, <br />and 3) a review of secondary data in order to ensure that the assessment included both <br />statistical data as well as perspectives from the community—especially from those traditionally <br />hard to reach. Over the past six months, a community survey was developed and administered <br />to 175 residents; nine focus groups were conducted; and county and state level health statistics <br />were reviewed. Together, these sources provide a broad persepective of the health of the