DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Briefing and update on the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District's strategic plan, new priorities, and accreditation progress for FY 2018-2019
SUMMARY:
The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District will provide an update on its strategic plan, new priorities, and accreditation progress for FY 2018-2019.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Metro Health continued to track indicators associated with Metro Health's four strategic plan priorities throughout FY 2018. These priorities include:
1) Obesity in adults and children
2) Type 2 Diabetes
3) Ozone levels
4) Immunizations for vaccine preventable diseases in children
While the full strategic plan encompasses a broad range of Metro Health's work, the health indicators above reflect the highest-priority issues for our work in the community. Each community health indicator is directly linked to a program performance measure. Performance measures are used to identify and measure Metro Health's overall contribution to health outcomes. In order to maintain momentum and accountability for the work, Metro Health's Performance Improvement Team monitored and tracked key deliverables and action plans throughout year one and year two of the strategic plan. Progress on action plans is regularly reported to leadership and staff through quarterly performance dashboards.
To further improve the department's strategic planning process, Metro Health recently completed community surveying at the SA Speak Up budget meetings. An online questionnaire will also be administered over the next several months, allowing the public and stakeholders the opportunity to provide input and identify health priorities for the community. The top 10 community priorities from these surveys will be used by Metro Health and an Ad-Hoc community group to determine the top 3 priority health indicators for San Antonio and will form the ...
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