This meeting should be good for your health

Aligning Forces for Quality of South Central Pennsylvania, a community coalition working to improve health and health care in York and Adams counties, will hold its second annual meeting Sept. 16 at the Holiday Inn, 2000 Loucks Road, York.

The coalition, which includes more than two dozen members from health care, business and nonprofit organizations, will use the event to highlight its recent work. Expect to hear updates on:

• the I Can! Challenge, a creative approach to helping people with diabetes and heart disease manage their chronic diseases;
• the effort to develop public reporting of health system performance
• the Patient-Centered Medical Home collaborative.

The coalition is working on an ambitious, multi-year, multi-million dollar plan to improve the quality of life in York County by addressing a range of health and health care issues, and YorkCounts encourages all of its supporters to attend.

The evening will also feature a keynote speaker, a networking period and a question-and-answer session. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. with a light buffet dinner. Advance registration, due by Sept. 9, is encouraged. For details or to register, contact Joyce Ortiz at 801-4830 or jortiz@wellspan.org.

- Dan Fink