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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH January 27, 2010 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 7 January 27, 2010 central office staff. It is the department’s intent to renovate and expand the personal health clinical space by moving that operation to the A building ground floor. This will enable 3 additional exam and interview rooms and larger laboratory, pharmacy and counseling spaces. The current clinical space will be occupied by additional dental operatories and office space for staff that provide direct patient services. We are planning on using Medicaid cost settlement funds that we have saved for this purpose. We estimate that we will use $200,000 to $250,000 for these changes. As a part of this temporary expansion, it is proposed that Carr Mill Dental Clinic be closed at the completion of the renovation. As was discussed with the Board last year, it will be more efficient to have the full-time staff stay in one location to provide services and for the county to save the rent that it currently pays at Carr Mill. The lease on the Carr Mill space expires in October 2011. The County is exploring whether that space could be sublet or filled with another tenant without penalty to the County. The equipment from Carr Mill will be moved to the Hillsborough location. The renovation is estimated to take 6 – 9 months. This space will take the department through the planned county purchase of the Mayo Street property in 2012. The renovation and upfit of that space will likely take until 2014 to complete. The department has acquired through donations, two used panorex machines for dental services, two exam tables, and a medical records unit similar to the one currently being used. The exam tables and medical records unit were donated by Nortel as it downsized its employee health program with the reduction in staffing this year. The department is continuing discussions with UNC regarding their plans for the designated “medical office building” at the Hillsborough Hospital campus. There is no further information available at this time. F. Committee Reports The Environmental Services and Quality Assurance Committee met this month; the minutes were provided to the Board for possible discussion. The Clinical and Community Programs Committee did not meet this month. G. Informational Items a. SOTCH Report: The 2009 State of the County Health Report (SOTCH) provides an update of health concerns, and actions, being taken to address them. It uses the most recent data to highlight county demographics, the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, and progress toward addressing the leading health concerns identified in the 2007 Community Health Assessment. The prioritized health issues are 1) Access to health care; 2) Health promotion; 3) Adolescent health; 4) Mental health; 5) Transportation. Highlights include: Immigrant and Refugee Health, Mental Health and Substance Abuse, H1N1, Pertussis, Project Homeless Connect, as well as, reports from the various Healthy Carolinian subcommittees.