Your CHIP Goals & Priorities
Mission
Protect, promote and improve the health of Mercer County.
Primary Goals
Decrease substance abuse
Improve nutrition and weight status
Improve mental health outcomes
How You Compare
Mercer County |
Delaware County |
Los Alamos County |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Population Health Score | 62.3 | 80.4 | 92.9 |
| Population With No Health Insurance | 6.3% | 4.6% | 2.5% |
| Adults With Recent Primary Care Visit | 75.2% | 78.2% | 68.8% |
| Smoking Rate | 22.4% | 15.3% | 9.6% |
| Heart Disease Prevalence | 6.5% | 5.1% | 4.0% |
| Preventable Hospital Admissions Among Medicare Beneficiaries | 5,692/100k | 2,936/100k | 1,633/100k |
Source: The Healthiest Communities, 2020 – U.S. News & World Report in collaboration with Aetna Foundation
Mercer County |
Delaware County |
Los Alamos County |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Adults in Poor or Fair General Health | 15.2% | 12.6% | 10.4% |
| Babies Born With Low Birth Weight | 5.5% | 6.1% | 9.2% |
| Life Expectancy | 79.4 years | 82.4 years | 83.4years |
| Teen Birth Rate | 16.9/1k | 4.2/1k | 4.2/1k |
| Deaths of Despair | 31.5/100k | 26.3/100k | 40.0/100k |
Source: The Healthiest Communities, 2020 – U.S. News & World Report in collaboration with Aetna Foundation
Mercer County |
Delaware County |
Los Alamos County |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Children Meeting Standards in Grade 4 ELA | 75.7% | 84.2% | NA |
| High School Graduation Rate | 94.5% | 94.3% | 89.0% |
| Preschool Enrollment | 49.7% | 51.5% | 56.2% |
Source: The Healthiest Communities, 2020 – U.S. News & World Report in collaboration with Aetna Foundation
Mercer County |
Delaware County |
Los Alamos County |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Labor Force Participation | 68.5% | 69.5% | 68.2% |
| Unemployment Rate | 2.6% | 3.2% | 3.2% |
| Households Receiving Public Assistance Income | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.3% |
Source: The Healthiest Communities, 2020 – U.S. News & World Report in collaboration with Aetna Foundation
Mercer County |
Delaware County |
Los Alamos County |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes Prevalence | 9.8% | 8.3% | 6.4% |
| Obesity Prevalence | 35.1% | 12.1% | 13.6% |
Source: The Healthiest Communities, 2020 – U.S. News & World Report in collaboration with Aetna Foundation
Problems
Uncontrolled risk factors & costs
Inability to segment community members by interests and risk factors
Programming and interventions are not available anywhere, anytime
Don’t know which health improvement programs work
Struggle to engage high-risk individuals
Lack comprehensive system to drive engagement, instruct individuals what to do, and track outcomes
Solution
- Make wellness easy and accessible
- Collect real-time data
- Define unique risk factors &interests
- Engage, educate, entertain, empower
- Track impact
- Report outcomes
- Secure more funding
- Supports and facilitates a regional health strategy
- Provides a central point for community engagement
- Promotes collaboration and engages more stakeholders
- Collects real-time biometric and community needs data
- Single voice and source of health and wellness content
- Accessible at school, at work, at home, and on the go
- Increases the availability, visibility, and frequency of wellness programming
- Health notification system
- Health dashboard: biometric tracking, assessments, surveys
- Emergency preparedness guide
- Health & wellness education: blog, video gallery, wellness library
- Comprehensive event calendar and booking system
- Wellness challenge engine
- Learning management system
- Community resource directory
The Solution Exists & Is Affordable
hChoices Wellness Hub |
|---|
| ✓ HIPAA & FERPA Compliant |
| ✓ Health Notification Registration System |
| ✓ Biometric Tracking |
| ✓ Health Assessments |
| ✓ Wellness Surveys |
| ✓ Emergency Preparedness Guide |
| ✓ Health & Wellness Blog |
| ✓ Video Gallery |
| ✓ Wellness Library |
| ✓ Event Calendar & Booking System |
| ✓ Wellness Challenge Engine |
| ✓ Learning Management System |
| ✓ Community Resource Directory |
| ✓ Marketing Flyers, Infographics, Social Media Posts |
SubscribeSetup and Launch: $5,000 |
Available Add-Ons |
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| School Insight Program Enhance educational and health outcomes by proactively monitoring, real-time and longitudinally, adolescents as they grow into adults HIPAA/FERPA Compliant Data Collection and Content Distribution |
| Youth Wellness with All Choices Matter Helping Youth Deal with Life’s Tough Stuff Character Development, Life Skills, Tough Stuff, Workforce Readiness |
| Corporate Wellness Program Creating a healthy, happy workforce Turnkey Employee Wellness Program: Monitor, Track, Educate, Support |
| Virtual Programming with We Thrive Together: Reducing Social Isolation and Loneliness of Seniors & Individuals with Disabilities Exercise Classes, Games, Presentations, Support Groups |
We used the secure hChoices platform to launch Motivate Lake County. Motivate Lake County helps us gather real time data focusing on at risk communities. It has become a health and wellness focal point to help improve expansion, promotion, reduce duplication, and develop a Think Tank with traditional and non traditional partners.
~ Ron Graham, Health Commissioner ~
Outcomes
Recognition by community and stakeholders as Chief Strategist
Vibrant, structured, cross-sector partnerships
Timely, reliable, granular-level and actionable data
Expanded funding sources
Foundational infrastructure
Feel Better
Move Better
Sleep Better
Manage Stress Better
Laugh, Smile and Be Independent
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We believe everyone should have access to the tools and resources to live a healthy, happy life.
It’s time to discuss the needs of your community and how we can help you achieve your CHIP goals.
Steve Pelton, President of hChoices