State of Ohio Local Government Issues Presentation

Local Form of Government-Rural Governance of Ohio

There are 88 countiesThere are 942 cities and villagesThere are 1,308 townshipsThere are 667 public school districts There are 631 special districts

A board of commissioners, elected for four year terms, whose authority is limited by state law are the officiating officials here.

There is an AuditorThere is an Financial OfficerThere is an Clerk of CourtsThere is an CoronerThere is a EngineerThere is an Prosecuting attorneyThere is a Recorder There is a SheriffThere is a Treasurer

When the population reaches 5,000, a village automatically becomes a city. Once it becomes a city, law must established with executive and legislative bodies. The city government officials are as follows:

A MayorA City ManagerA Commissioners

Major Elected OfficialsState’s Major elected Officials

A GovernorThere are SenatorsThere are House of RepresentativesA Mayor

Health Information Technology Lacks in Rural Ohio

Reasons:Lack of ManagementFunding ProblemsPoor Technology/Old School

The EffectMedical technology is not the best oneCommon medical issues becomes life

threateningMedical costs becomes too expensive

Addressing Health Care in Rural OhioOhio’s Response to the Issue of

Health Care in Rural Areas

ResourcesLocal health departments in Ohio

There are 58 urban health departmentsThere are 71 rural health departments There are 20 city charters There are 61 combined health districts There are 24 counties with more than one health department

StatisticsThere is an estimated population of

11,536,504 peopleThere are 2,237,079 living in rural Ohio There 173 hospitals in OhioAnd 59 of which are located in rural areasThere are 34 hospitals identified by the

Flex Monitoring Team as Critical Access Hospitals

There are 19 Rural Health Clinics in OhioThere are 36 Federally Qualified Health

Centers provide services at 137 sites in the state

Proposed SolutionCreate a government mandated

technology programsProvide a government training

program for medical assistants

Proposed SolutionTo Expand electronic usage

implementation and expansion of computer use should be mandatory

Get assistance from bigger cities Get help from other networks and increase network if necessary

Increase tax if neededBenefits

transmission of information can be faster

No more misdiagnosisCan make employees more productive

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sich.aspx Ohio Department of Health. (2011). Center for Public

Health Statistics and Informatics (CPHSI). Retrieved from http://www.odh.ohio.gov/healthstats/cphsi1.aspx

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Retrieved from http://www.odh.ohio.gov/localHealthDistricts/lhdmain .aspx

Ohio Department of Health. (2011). State Office of Rural Health (SORH). Retrieved from http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhprograms/chss/pcrh_programs/rural_health/sorh.aspx

Rural Assistance Center. (2011). States. Retrieved from http://www.raconline.org/states/ohio.php

THE COALITION OF RURAL AND APPALACHIAN SCHOOLS. (2011). The Coalitions Mission and Goals. Retrieved from http://www.coras.org/

The Rural Health Problems of Information Technology (2011), Retrieved from http://www.huiworld.com/2011/08/the-rural-health-problem-of-health-information-technology/