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About
the Healthy Berrien Consortium
Vision
To improve the overall health of Berrien County
Mission
To work in collaboration with community health organizations to help
facilitate improvements in health and wellness of our community
Statement of
Purpose
The Healthy Berrien Consortium has adopted a conscious strategy of
pursuing collaboration and integration to continuously improve the health
and wellness of the entire community. The Consortium, comprised of
private, public and ancillary providers, will seek to involve consumers,
governments and businesses to better leverage community health resources
to create an excellent community health care system.
History
Began as Healthy Berrien 2000 in the early 1990s
- 1998:
Reorganized as Healthy Berrien Consortium. Interested physicians and
leaders of health care organizations agreed to regularly meet, setting
aside differences, for the health of Berrien County.
- 1999:
Hosted community Forums of Health entitled “Aging in America in
partnership with U.S. Representative Fred Upton.
- 2000:
Sanctioned and contributed to the first Berrien County Behavioral Risk
Factor Survey conducted in 2001
- 2001:
Hosted community Forums of Health entitled “Telehealth…Connecting
Healthcare to the Future” in partnership with U.S. Representative
Fred Upton.
- 2002:
Infant Mortality Reduction campaign collaboration initiated
- 2003:
Falls Prevention campaign collaboration initiated
- 2004:
Sanctioned Berrien Health Plan
- 2006:
Smoke Free Berrien collaboration initiated
- 2008:
Reducing Obesity collaboration initiated
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