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Chris Reykdal
Superintendent of
Attorney General Public Lands Public Instruction
MOVING MASON FORWARD
Iwill be facilitating a meeting
from 3 to 6 p.m. Nov510 at Mason
General Hospital in the Pershing
Room. The purpose of this
meeting is to launch the Mov-
ing Mason Forward campaign
and to gather community
input about services provided
by MGH and its community
Health Improvement Plan.
In an effort to explain the
process of assessment and
planning around improving
health in communities, Jo By JEANNE
Sanchez, health educator with REItWALDT
Mason County Public Health,
has put together a nice expla-
nation for us.
History Note: Where do CHA and
CHIP come from?
In 2011, the Public Health Depart-
ment Accreditation Board (PHAB)
launched. The intent was to improve
and protect the health of the public
through quality improvement and per-
formance management. To become an
accredited public health department
is a very lengthy process. A public
health department is held to very high
standards and many functions and
guidelines have to be adhered to; it's
not easily done. Many counties all over
the country, including six within Wash-
ington, have become accredited. Now,
it's an expensive process and many
counties will choose not to do it (or
don't have the funds), however follow-
ing the requirements of PHAB will still
improve the efficiency and effectiveness
of your public health department. In
addition, should you ever wish to get
accredited, you will be prepared in ad-
vance.
Part of the PHAB requirements is
that a public health department do a
CHA and a CHIP. In addition, the Af-
fordable Healthcare Act also required
hospitals to do a CHA and CHIP,
which is why Mason General
has been doing it. In addition,
PHAB requires you to mobilize
and coordinate with commu-
nity resources to tackle issues.
To save money, be more effec-
tive, and be in line for future
funding opportunities, you
have to share resources, coor-
dinate and align efforts, and
work collectively on issues.
This helps to remember:
Step 1: CHA = Assessment:
understand what's going on.
Step 2: CHIP = Plan: Planning (Ac-
tion), what are we going to do about it?
With all the talk around Obam-
acare being unsustainable due to cost
and lack of providers, it is worth not-
ing that plans are in place to increase
the health of the American population.
The result will be healthier people,
who use fewer medical services, re-
sulting in a smaller drain on medical
resources.
Call me crazy, but this seems like
a step in the right direction to me.
Healthy people live longer, are hap-
pier, give back to society in multiple
ways, and will reduce costs due to pre-
vention of chronic disease, rather than
treating the symptoms, but not curing
the diseases causing them.
I will leave you with this idea, short
and to the point. What reaction does
it stimulate and what possibilities can
you identify in making this a reality?
• Jeanne Rehwaldt is the executive
director of Mason Matters. She can
be reached at movingmasonforward@
gmail.com.
Jeff McHargue and Debbie McHar-
gue announce the engagement of their
daughter, Nicole McHargne, to Tyler
LaRue, son of Rod and Nanci LaRue of
Grapeview.
Nicole is a 2012 graduate of Shelton
High School and Tyler is a 2009 gradu-
ate of Shelton High School.
Nicole works for the Shelton School
District and is working on her teaching
degree.
Tyler is a meatcutter and works at
Safeway.
Nicole and Tyler have chosen July
15, 2017, for their wedding at Bella
Acres.