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Public health director reports progress on community health assessment and awaits crisis-diversion grant task order
Summary
Ruby Taylor, Broadwater County director of public health, said the county has completed data gathering for a community health assessment and will decide whether to move to a community health improvement plan; the office is awaiting a state task order for a crisis-diversion grant and is scheduling board training.
Ruby Taylor, Broadwater County director of public health, told the board on Jan. 27 that the department has completed data collection for its community health assessment (CHA) and will meet with state staff to decide next steps.
"I'm still working on my CHA, which is the community health assessment, which I have the data for, and I'm gonna go over it with Megan Gillespie this week," Taylor said. She said if the CHA is sufficient the department will move into a community health improvement plan (CHIP) process.
Taylor also said the department is awaiting a task order from the state for a crisis-diversion grant; once the task order arrives staff expect to sign the grant document and bring it to the commission. In addition to assessment and grant work, Taylor said routine services such as immunizations continue and planning has begun for next year’s bike-rodeo safety event.
Board training was discussed: Taylor said the state is revamping board-of-health training and moving to an online curriculum led by Megan Gillespie, which the board can take at its own pace. She encouraged members to participate in available trainings and said the updated state training will provide a more comprehensive orientation for members.
Taylor and board members also discussed succession planning for the health officer/medical director. Taylor reported she could not find a written contract for the county’s medical director (referred to in the meeting as “Doc” or Dr. Campbell) and that the department lacks a formal succession plan. The board noted that the bylaws reference the duties of the health officer under ‘‘50 dash 2 dash 01/18 in MCA’’ and agreed to follow up by preparing a job description and reviewing options for a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with local health-care providers to ensure continuity of medical oversight.
Board direction and next steps recorded in the meeting included obtaining a job description and discussing it with medical staff in February, with the goal of bringing a draft to the board’s March meeting. No formal votes were taken on the succession or MOU items at this meeting.
