Goal: Become a leader in community health improvement / 2017 Progress / 2018 Progress / 2019 Progress / Status
PRIORITY OBJECTIVES / GOALS FOR ACHIEVEMENT / RESPONSIBLE LEAD / TIMELINE
- Continue to provide leadership to and support for the effectiveness of the Smart Steuben Team in implementing the County’s CHIP.
- Educate, engage, and secure support from other county departments and legislators in achieving CHIP and other public health priorities.
- Research and educate staff, partners, and community members in evidence based practices to address obesity, heart disease and hypertension, chronic disease prevention, early childhood health, and other important public health issues.
- Ensure the proper training of staff in core competencies, quality measurement, and quality improvement.
- Conduct an assessment of staff’s core competencies in public health and job specific department operations.
- Develop a yearly schedule for staff training and implement accordingly.All staff will be trained on the branding policy.
- Continue to customize the staff evaluation process by using the Workforce Development Plan to identify relevant training needs.
- Utilize the new staff orientation process by identifying core competency and optional trainings for each position.
- Ensure staff is properly trained in capturing data and using data for quality measurement and improvement.
- Enhance the role of the department as a resource and leader on public health issues.
- Develop an outreach plan to engage health care partners and to disseminate information to the community which will showcase Public Health as the experts relating to public health issues.
- Continue to provide the “Introduction to Steuben County Public Health” PowerPoint for orientation of new legislative members, including information on financial sustainability.
- Continue a proactive approach to reviewing laws and working with governing entities to educate and advocate for change as needed.
Health Educator / Ongoing / Continues—
Q1 advocacy around NYS Budget impacting PH core services, tobacco free county parks. T21 included in monthly report to HSH&E committee. S2AY sent letter to state reps regarding Blue Green Algae funding.
- Work with the community to identify and implement strategies to improve access to health services.
Strategic Issue II: Performance Management and Quality Improvement
Goal: Continue efforts to integrate best practices and to meet the standards of Accreditation. / 2017 Progress / 2018 Progress / 2019 Progress / Status
PRIORITY OBJECTIVES / GOALS FOR ACHIEVEMENT / RESPONSIBLE LEAD / TIMELINE
- Maintain and improve the Performance Management System (PMS)
- Educate staff on the use of the PMS.
S2AY Network / Annually / Yearly education for all staff in February
- Review and update the plan/policy for the PMS to adhere with County policies.
S2AY Network / Annually and as needed / PH County PM goals added to PMQI dashboard
- Continue to track data and reporting indicators.
S2AY Network / Quarterly / Updated & Reviewed quarterly
- Review, evaluate, and improve the PMS through a quality improvement process.
- Steuben County Public Health achieve Accreditation.
- Submit accreditation application.
- Maintain accreditation standards.
- Implement the Strategic Plan
- Monitor and evaluate progress quarterly, making changes when appropriate at least annually.
Strategic Issue III: Agency capacity and effectiveness
Goal: Effectively and efficiently deploy our agency resources / 2017 Progress / 2018 Progress / 2019 Progress / Status
PRIORITY OBJECTIVES / GOALS FOR ACHIEVEMENT / RESPONSIBLE LEAD / TIMELINE
- Continue efforts to recruit and retain key staff and a strong volunteer pool
- Advance hire replacement staff for key positions to ensure knowledge transfer.
- Maximize resources to develop a more robust volunteer pool.
- Continue efforts occurring around interoperability of services at the county and state levels.
- Participate in activities to provide cross functional and cross jurisdictional services between all sectors of the health system, including connecting to the RHIO and participation in the S2AY Rural Health Network.