Portage County

Your CHIP Goals & Priorities

Mission

To promote public health, prevent disease, and protect the environment, utilizing leadership and partnership to empower individuals and communities to achieve optimal health.

Primary Goals

Improve mental health outcomes
Decrease substance abuse and addiction
Chronic disease prevention

How You Compare

Portage County  |  Delaware County (#1 in OH)  | Los Alamos County, NM (#1 in U.S.)
Portage County
Delaware County
Los Alamos County
Overall Population Health Score 56.9 80.4 92.9
Population With No Health Insurance 7.5% 4.6% 2.5%
Adults With Recent Primary Care Visit 76.9% 78.2% 68.8%
Smoking Rate 21.4% 15.3% 9.6%
Heart Disease Prevalence 6.6% 5.1% 4.0%
Preventable Hospital Admissions Among Medicare Beneficiaries 4,386/100k 2,936/100k 1,633/100k

Source: The Healthiest Communities, 2020 – U.S. News & World Report in collaboration with Aetna Foundation

Portage County
Delaware County
Los Alamos County
Adults in Poor or Fair General Health 15.8% 12.6% 10.4%
Babies Born With Low Birth Weight 8.0% 6.1% 9.2%
Life Expectancy 77.8 years 82.4 years 83.4years
Teen Birth Rate 6.8/1k 4.2/1k 4.2/1k
Deaths of Despair 43.4/100k 26.3/100k 40.0/100k

Source: The Healthiest Communities, 2020 – U.S. News & World Report in collaboration with Aetna Foundation

Portage County
Delaware County
Los Alamos County
Children Meeting Standards in Grade 4 ELA 73.7% 84.2% NA
High School Graduation Rate 89.7% 94.3% 89.0%
Preschool Enrollment 54.0% 51.5% 56.2%

Source: The Healthiest Communities, 2020 – U.S. News & World Report in collaboration with Aetna Foundation

Portage County
Delaware County
Los Alamos County
Labor Force Participation 64.7% 69.5% 68.2%
Unemployment Rate 4.3% 3.2% 3.2%
Households Receiving Public Assistance Income 2.0% 1.0% 0.3%

Source: The Healthiest Communities, 2020 – U.S. News & World Report in collaboration with Aetna Foundation

Portage County
Delaware County
Los Alamos County
Diabetes Prevalence 9.5% 8.3% 6.4%
Obesity Prevalence 30.7% 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

Path To Success
  1. Make wellness easy and accessible
  2. Collect real-time data
  3. Define unique risk factors &interests
  4. Engage, educate, entertain, empower
  5. Track impact
  6. Report outcomes
  7. Secure more funding
Launch a Countywide Health and Wellness Hub That:
  1. Supports and facilitates a regional health strategy
  2. Provides a central point for community engagement
  3. Promotes collaboration and engages more stakeholders
  4. Collects real-time biometric and community needs data
  5. Single voice and source of health and wellness content
  6. Accessible at school, at work, at home, and on the go
  7. Increases the availability, visibility, and frequency of wellness programming
Health and Wellness Hub Features
  1. Health notification system
  2. Health dashboard: biometric tracking, assessments, surveys
  3. Emergency preparedness guide
  4. Health & wellness education: blog, video gallery, wellness library
  5. Comprehensive event calendar and booking system
  6. Wellness challenge engine
  7. Learning management system
  8. 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
Subscribe

Setup and Launch: $5,000
HIPAA-Compliant Hosting, Backups, Unlimited Storage and Bandwidth, SSL Encryption, Patching, Security Updates, Minor Content Updates: $1000/Month

Available Add-Ons
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
Testimonial
Lake County General Health District

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

Public Health Department
Achieve Public Health 3.0

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

County Residents & Workforce
Achieve Optimal Well-Being

Feel Better
Move Better
Sleep Better
Manage Stress Better
Laugh, Smile and Be Independent

Schedule a Meeting

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

440-478-2268  |  Email  |  Pick a Day/Time