About

Partners

WNC Healthy Impact is a partnership and coordinated process between hospitals, public health agencies, and key regional partners in western North Carolina. The green circles represent hospitals and the blue circles represent health departments.

Click below to learn more about each of our valued partners.

Goals

Enhance partnerships between hospitals and health departments
Improve efficiency, quality, and standardization of community health assessment data collection and reporting of data and plans
Encourage strategic investment of community resources to address priority health issues
Catalyze and coordinate action among existing and new assets and initiatives to address priority health needs
Monitor results to improve process, quality, and health outcomes
Promote accountability of hospitals and public health agencies

Local Efforts & Regional Value

Community health improvement (health assessment, planning, action, and evaluation) in western North Carolina is a locally-led and implemented process. This regional initiative is designed to support and enhance local efforts by:

Standardizing and conducting data collection
Creating reporting and communication templates and tools
Encouraging collaboration
Providing training and technical assistance
Addressing regional priorities
Sharing evidence-based practices

We are using the “collective impact” vision and framework to help guide our work on the community health improvement process. To dig deeper, we are applying the common language and planning, monitoring, and evaluation framework of Results-Based Accountability™.

WNC Regional Health Priorities
2015 – 2018

Regional Priority 1

Chronic Disease Prevention and Management

Including strategies related to prevention, early detection, self-management, and clinical care

Chronic Disease Prevention
Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, EBCI, Graham, Jackson, Macon, Mitchell, Swain, and Yancey
Healthy Eating and Active Living
Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania, and Yancey
Healthy Weight (Obesity Prevention)
Buncombe, Henderson, and Madison

Regional Priority 2

Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Including strategies related to prevention, early detection, self and clinical management, and access to treatment

Mental Health
EBCI, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, and Transylvania

Substance Abuse
Buncombe, EBCI, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford, Swain, and Yancey
Tobacco
Haywood, McDowell, Polk, and Rutherford

Regional Priority 3

Social Determinants of Health

Including strategies related to education, income, built environment, and access to healthcare

Education, Income, Housing, and Environment
Buncombe, Henderson, Macon, McDowell, Mitchell, Swain, and Yancey

Access to Healthcare
Cherokee, Clay, and Graham

Full List of Local Community Health Priorities