Hey Everyone! There’s a new county-wide initiative happening and we are looking for people to share stories of recovery. We are also looking for content about resources in the community. Visit gogarrettcounty.com for a sneak peak at what we are building and email me if you want to do a short video! [email protected]

It’s under construction but visit gogarrettcounty.com to see @sisler524 share some powerful insights about the difference between a sports physical and a wellness check-up! We appreciate Dr. Sisler and everyone who is emailing me content for this exciting new population health program soon to launch!

Many thanks for all the supportive emails I received after yesterday’s HPC. I’m glad to see you all are as excited about Go! Garrett County as we are. @john is still developing so its a great time to give us your feedback by visiting gogarrettcounty.com Remember, we have to wait on final approval of the funding before we can build out the…[Read more]

CDC released the, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Data Summary & Trends Report: 2009-2019, which provides an in-depth look at trends in sexual behavior, high-risk substance use, experience of violence, mental health, and suicide. Risk behaviors co-occur, and many students experience multiple risks across these four priority areas that are closely…[Read more]

Performance Management settings were updated by Shelley Argabrite.

Performance Management settings were updated by Shelley Argabrite.

Great news! We found out last week during a meeting run by the Center for Population Health Initiatives from the Maryland Department of Health that the LHIC Redesign funding is now available. Looking forward to a discussion about the best way to use the funds at our next virtual HPC on Sept. 24 at 8:00 am.  We were also promised a Fellow from the…[Read more]

Hi! @kessesmjsbns48arl just wrote a piece about this workgroup for possible publication to the newspaper! We think it would be a great letter to the editor and would serve as a kick-off for our campaign. I will post the draft in the docs section. Please feel free to comment. Thanks, Karl for doing the hard work- has anyone started writing?

Hello!  The HSCRC diabetes measures workgroup has met twice since I asked for feedback. The discussions have been comprehensive with thoughtful in-depth points made from people of various backgrounds. There is still work to be done but it seems as a group we are landing toward measuring diabetes incidence although it does yield some measurement c…[Read more]

Shout out to Mitzi and Victoria from the Diabetes program at GRMC who let us know that they are actively holding classes (evidence- based lifestyle change programs) various target populations and what they need most are physician referrals!  Anne Langley’s next meeting isn’t until next week so please jump on and let us know your thoughts.

An HSCRC diabetes measures workgroup has been organized by Anne Langley, JD, MPH from the Center for Population Health Initiatives.  Our job is to identify the measures, milestones, and targets that will be used by CMS to evaluate Maryland’s performance in the Diabetes priority area under Total Population Health.  Critical questions for the g…[Read more]

Hi Everyone! At the last meeting, we talked about the use of effective apps that would be helpful for kids’ mental health. I found a list that the ADAA published, some were familiar to me and many were new. I also asked my busy household of teenagers and two additional apps were referenced- The links are…[Read more]

These new data sets were shared with the the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Prize Winning Community and will be shared shortly at the Garrett County Board of Health meeting as examples of powerful local data that helps us understand our community in a better way.

I’ve been tagging along with soccer workouts and the pigeon pose has given me much needed relief.  My son loves the eagle pose- I think because of the challenge!  However, soccer is still his favorite activity- running around the yard and doing drills until the season starts. I’m grateful because he can go up against his sister, who plays v…[Read more]