Priority Area |
Collaborating Hospitals |
Collaborating Counties |
Specific Focus Area |
Strategies and/or Interventions |
Partners |
Access to Quality Health Care |
- Bon Secours Charity Health System (3 sites)
- Orange Regional Medical Center (2 sites)
- St. Luke’s/Cornwall Hospital (2 sites)
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- Dutchess
- Putnam
- Rockland
- Sullivan
- Ulster
- Westchester
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- Improve care and service coordination.
- Increase resident knowledge and awareness of available programs, services, and eligibility for benefits.
- Improve health literacy levels in education and outreach materials, forms, and applications.
- Improve access to and availability of mental/behavioral health and substance abuse counseling and testing services, especially for children and adolescents.
- Increase access to/availability of sub-specialty care services, especially for children and adolescents in psychiatry, neurology, pulmonology and endocrinology. The most critical sub-specialty services for adults are endocrinology, neurology, cardiology, orthopedic, specialized dentistry (e.g., periodontal, oral surgery).
- Increase availability of primary health care providers with a ‘holistic’ approach to prevention (e.g., weight management, smoking cessation, nutrition counseling).
- Increase availability of primary and specialty care providers representative of populations served.
- Expand hours of service delivery.
- Reduce stigma/lack of acceptance of public insurance programs and FQHC services.
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- Maternal Infant Services Network
- Community Health Centers
- Faith based organization
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Chronic Disease |
- Bon Secours Charity Health System (3 sites)
- Orange Regional Medical Center (2 sites)
- St. Luke's/Cornwall Hospital (2 sites)
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- Dutchess
- Putnam
- Rockland
- Sullivan
- Ulster
- Westchester
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CVD |
Healthy Orange will collaborate with Orange Regional Medical Center to conduct heart screenings. The population served includes adults in Orange County with emphasis on low-income, uninsured. |
- American Heart Association
- Orange Regional Medical Center
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Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, and Healthy Children |
- Bon Secours Charity Health System (3 sites)
- Orange Regional Medical Center (2 sites)
- St. Luke's/Cornwall Hospital (2 sites)
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- Dutchess
- Putnam
- Rockland
- Sullivan
- Ulster
- Ulster
- Westchester
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- Lead
- Access to care
- Family planning
- Sexual health education
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- Educate daycare providers.
- Educate pre-natal care providers on lead testing for mid-Hudson children ages 1 and 2; Visit at least 25% of prenatal care Consortium providers.
- Collaborate with and support Maternal Infant Services Network, WIC, and Community Health Worker Program initiative.
- Strengthen partnerships with community and faith-based leaders.
- Intensify efforts with schools and parent organizations in high risk communities.
- Continue participation in the Orange County Perinatal Consortium to improve access to early prenatal care.
- Collaborate with Maternal Infant Services Network and the Regional Lactation Consortium.
- Partner with BOCES and community-based pregnancy prevention programs.
- Help parents to develop skills in discussing sexuality issues with their children.
- Collaborate with community health partners to expand family planning education and services for adolescents and adults at high risk of HIV/STD infection and substance abuse.
- Disseminate outreach and risk reduction materials to high risk communities.
- Strengthen outreach to medical providers.
- Improve techniques for safe and less costly housing remediation.
- Provide funds or loans for low-income home owners.
- Expand programs to educate and certify trained lead remediation specialists.
- Promote universal lead testing, especially in areas of high incidence and prevalence for elevated blood lead levels.
- Explore options for comprehensive assessment of injury data to assist in the identification of areas needing intervention.
- Expand injury prevention and education activities and media campaigns for the elderly, particularly regarding falls prevention and home safety.
- Educate adolescents and adults about preventing motor vehicle injuries.
- Expand Healthy Neighborhoods Program to other high risk areas in the county.
- Use social media to reach adolescents with prevention messages.
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MISN/Regional Lactation Consortium |