We are pleased to present an annual update of “Live Well Lake County,”
the Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center’s 20132016 Strategic Plan. This update presents our annual report in a new
format showing the alignment between our plans and the work we
accomplish. It details how programs met specific 2014 strategic plan
goals, and includes efforts that are ahead of schedule toward meeting
2015 and 2016 goals.
As you will see in the following pages, the Health Department has made
substantial strides toward meeting the goals. We reduced barriers to
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healthcare by opening a school-based health center at Round Lake High
School. We helped numerous patients reduce their tobacco use. We trained
police officers to use a product that reverses opioid overdoses, which is reducing the number of substance
abuse related emergency room visits and deaths. We also applied for accreditation through the Public Health
Accreditation Board (PHAB).
During 2014, we established numerous baseline measures to help determine the progress our programs are
making toward responding to the county’s public health challenges. For example, we established baselines
for the number of persons who experience a delay in obtaining necessary primary care, for the patient
population who knows their HIV serostatus, and for asthma rates in the African American population served
by LCHD/CHC.
“Live Well Lake County” is a part of a big picture focused on improving the quality of life of Lake County. We
are continuing to build partnerships with a wide variety of organizations including hospitals, academic
institutions and community organizations to meet our goals. The Strategic Plan is aligned with the Health
Department’s program performance measures and the Lake County Community Health Improvement Plan
(CHIP), which has four strategic priorities:
Coordination of care: access to medical home and behavioral health; coordinated network of health
and human services
Emphasis on prevention/access to prevention and wellness
Reduction in health disparities/increased health equity in Lake County
Adequate and diverse public health system workforce
Our overall goal is to achieve the highest level of health for all in Lake County. We hope you will join us as we
work diligently to meet that goal.
Sincerely,
Chief Timothy Sashko
President
Lake County Board of Health
Robert Tarter
Chair
Lake County Community
Health Center Governing
Council
Tony Beltran
Executive Director
Lake County Health Department/
Community Health Center
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