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Performing Meaningful Use Measures for 2016 Last week we conducted a webinar to walk through the how-tos of performing Meaningful Use measures in your Patagonia Health System. Thank you to all who attended. If you didn't get the chance to attend the webinar we now have a recording with the Power Point available on our support portal. View here Orange County Health Department Completes "Walking the Walk" Challenge This year's Walking the Walk Challenge, organized and monitored by Orange County Health Department, was won by Orange County, with their cumulative miles walked between March 7 and April 22nd totaling 4,786 miles! Photo shows Durham County handing over the trophy. Since 2014, Orange County has been organizing their annual event and challenging their staff to live healthier lifestyles. The challenge has grown in number since then and now includes Durham and Alamance Counties. "Our first challenge, OC to OC, drew national attention from APHA and Walk with a Doc out of Denver. This was my favorite of our all of our challenges because it linked us to other health departments and public health initiatives across the country" said Stacy Shelp, Communications Manager (and the challenge organizer), Orange County Health Department. "We have found tremendous success from the challenges and seen significant increases in the levels of physical activity of our staff as well as improved cross - departmental team work and morale." A local reporter picked up the story with an added editorial message about health departments walking the walk as an example to the community. Stacy adds "I would say that example, as well as motivating sedentary staff to become more active and increasing team cohesion were our main goals. All of which I would say we accomplished."