Susan Mills joined the group Child and Adolescent Wellness Workgroup 5 years, 6 months ago
Shelley Argabrite edited the doc Health Literacy Initiative in the group Adolescent Well Child Checks 5 years, 6 months ago
Jennifer Corder posted an update in the group Child and Adolescent Wellness Workgroup 5 years, 6 months ago
100% of clinical providers surveyed in Garrett County believe that our adolescents have unmet health care needs.
Looking forward to meeting again tomorrow to brainstorm solutions. Please send me any ideas for the agenda. One highlight tomorrow will be a guest speaker on a unique school-based health literacy program on the eastern shore.
Dr. Robert Phares posted an update in the group Child and Adolescent Wellness Workgroup 5 years, 7 months ago
Update everyone! After speaking to So, I had a great conversation with Tricia Roddy, Director of Planning Administration with Health Care Financing of Medicaid. After discussing the issue of low WCC in Garrett County and reviewing some YRBS data, she stated that she could get me in contact with the MCO’s that Medicaid has in Garrett County. F…[Read more]
Jennifer Corder uploaded the file: Strategies to improve adolescent care to Adolescent Well Child Checks 5 years, 7 months ago
This is a Medicaid document containing strategies for improving the uptake and quality of adolescent well child visits.
Jennifer Corder posted an update in the group Child and Adolescent Wellness Workgroup 5 years, 7 months ago
Dr. Schwalm has been curious about whether or not Medicaid offers any guidance on well care for the adolescent. In our search we came across this document, I will upload and link here:
https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/downloads/paving-the-road-to-good-health.pdf
It might be that there are some pearls within.
Jennifer Corder edited the doc Health Literacy Initiative in the group Adolescent Well Child Checks 5 years, 7 months ago
Jennifer Corder commented on the doc Health Literacy Initiative in the group Adolescent Well Child Checks 5 years, 7 months ago
Great progress, thanks Shelley
Shelley Argabrite edited the doc Health Literacy Initiative in the group Adolescent Well Child Checks 5 years, 7 months ago
Jennifer Corder posted an update in the group Child and Adolescent Wellness Workgroup 5 years, 7 months ago
Interesting article here about programs in Iceland centered around high risk behaviors of teens. Their solutions have worked exceptionally well for them. One of the lead authors is now working at WVU. Please take the time to read this and perhaps we can convince the researcher to visit us.…[Read more]
Dr. Robert Phares posted an update in the group Child and Adolescent Wellness Workgroup 5 years, 7 months ago
I really like this…..”Bright Futures”. Many of our concerns have been addressed. They have strategies to improve the health of children. Brightfutures.aap.org
Dr. Robert Phares posted an update in the group Child and Adolescent Wellness Workgroup 5 years, 7 months ago
Dr. Robert Phares posted an update in the group Child and Adolescent Wellness Workgroup 5 years, 7 months ago
Hello everyone. Wanted to thank Dr. Schwalm and Shelley Argabrite for supporting my presentation to the Garrett County School Board yesterday afternoon. I think it was well received! They seem eager to hear more from us in the future.
Beth Brenneman uploaded the file: 01/03/2019 Minutes to Adolescent Well Child Checks 5 years, 7 months ago
Meeting minutes for January 3rd meeting
Shelley Argabrite posted an update in the group Child and Adolescent Wellness Workgroup 5 years, 7 months ago
Connected with Julia today from Atlantic General, she is excited to share their work with us. To read more about their journey check out http://www.atlanticgeneral.org/Community-Health-Wellness/Integrated-Health-Literacy-Program.aspx
Shelley Argabrite edited the doc Health Literacy Initiative in the group Adolescent Well Child Checks 5 years, 7 months ago
Jennifer Corder uploaded the file: Garrett County 9th Grade Health Curriculum to Adolescent Well Child Checks 5 years, 7 months ago
Thanks goes to Becky Aiken for providing us with the 9th grade health curriculum. It was last updated in 2011, and is likely due for update again soon.
Of note, we should all be aware that Board of Education meetings take place on the 2nd Tuesday of the month and begin at
4 pm. Public comment begins at 6 pm. Thanks goes out to Dr. Phares who has…[Read more]
Jennifer Corder posted an update in the group Child and Adolescent Wellness Workgroup 5 years, 7 months ago
In today’s meeting we discussed the Maryland State Health improvement Process (SHIP) indicator about adolescent wellness visits.
The measure is defined this way:
This indicator reflects the percentage of adolescents (ages 13-20 years old) enrolled in Medicaid (320+ days) who received at least one well child visit during the past year.
You can…[Read more]
This workgroup has been expansive in ways to address many issues relating to adolescent wellness! I appreciate you sharing this background from the meeting. It is still so concerning that our county ranks so poorly in this area. I’m hopeful that all of the work being accomplished now will help us improve. Thank you for your continued leadership…[Read more]
Jennifer Corder uploaded the file: Power School Software health applications to Adolescent Well Child Checks 5 years, 7 months ago
Becky Aiken shared sample health related documents from Power School, the software used within GC Public Schools. I am uploading them so that we can become familiar with the kinds of health related data they are collecting, and to brainstorm other data points we would value if collected.