Alphabet Soup
This is a coalition of over 230 organizations and 600 individuals who work together to achieve health equity and to identify and reduce health disparities for all in Howard County.
What is the HCLHIC [Howard County Local Health Improvement Coalition]?
To Promote, Preserve, and Protect the health and well-being of all in Howard County.
What is the HCHD Mission?
This question is sent to an employee with a time limit of a few hours to test their awareness of emergency response protocols.
What is a Red Envelope Drill?
Each summer HCHD monitors noise from this music venue for compliance with HoCo code.
What is MPP [Merriweather Post Pavilion]
This is the Howard County IT Training Platform.
What is knowbe4?
Volunteers who assist the health department with vaccine clinic support, health fairs, admin assistance, front desk support and other duties as assigned.
What/who are MRC [Medical Reserve Corps] volunteers?
Metrics for this performance management system are collected from program staff each month to show trends and inform adjustments to program activities.
What is HealthStat?
A review of strengths and opportunities for improvement that takes place after an emergency response or exercise.
What is an AAR [After Action Review]?
Clinics based in 10 Howard County Public Schools that allow students to get health care and return to class.
What are SBWCs [School Based Wellness Centers].
In combination, several of: trouble with sleeping, isolating from friends and family, change in eating habits, frequent anger or irritability, increased use of alcohol or drugs
What are potential signs that someone is struggling with their mental health?
This plan provides the shared goals and objectives for the LHIC and Howard County community over a period of three years.
What is the CHIP [Community Health Improvement Plan]? OR, What is the LHIC Strategic Plan?
What is the Strategic Plan?
This plan guides HCHD operations in the event of an emergency.
What is the COOP [Continuity of Operations Plan]?
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What is the Public and Behavioral Health County Coordinating Function?
This navigation program connects clients, families, and professionals with info about prenatal, postpartum, and infant resources available in Howard County.
What is P.E.A.C.E. [the Perinatal Equity and Care for Everyone Project].
Well and septic, food, pool safety, noise, tobacco retailer
What are code enforcement programs carried out by HCHD?
This is the state-designated health information exchange for Maryland and service providers for Washington DC, West Virginia, and the Mid-Atlantic Region.
What is CRISP [Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients]?
Employee survey; Ask Antigone or Message Maura; Exit interviews; Evaluation Surveys. These are all ____
What are ways HCHD gets input or ideas from staff?
This policy outlines roles and responsibilities and procedures for accessing HCHD personnel during non-business hours.
What is the After Hours On Call Response Policy?
This computer program used by Finance and Procurement staff can be used to execute reports and look up vendors.
What is SAP? [Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing]
Their schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays at HCHD Parking Lot; Mondays and Wednesdays at Leola Dorsey Day Center
Where are the Harm Reduction or Peer Support Teams Vans?
This plan draws on the Howard County Health Assessment Survey and many other data to map the county's health status and priorities. Lead author is the hospital.
What is the CHNA [Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan]?
Process diagram, Fishbone (or Cause and Effect) diagram, 5 Whys, Root Cause Analysis; Plan Do Study Act; Storyboard; these are tools used for _____
What is Quality Improvement?
This is the Howard County Plan for emergency response and recovery management.
What is the CERRP [Comprehensive Emergency Response and Recovery Plan]?
This database is used to provide information and reports about inspection and enforcement activities to aid efficiency for environmental health.
What is Accela?
Some examples: Why I Got Vaxxed; Your Mental Health Matters; Healthy Howard; It's OK to Ask; Share Your Wisdom, Not Your Meds
What are some HCHD Communications Campaigns?