Healthy Highlights:
Congratulations to the following organizations and schools who kicked off 2008 with a healthy start—and placed in the top three in the New Year’s Resolution Challenge!
Top Organizations
1. Washington State University — 42,722 miles
2. Columbia County Health System — 24,593 miles
3. Spokane Public Schools — 23,516 miles
Top Government Agencies
1. Div. of Employment and Assistance Programs, Region 5 — 26,729 miles
2. Washington State Office of the Attorney General — 22,568 miles
3. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services — 18,061 miles
Top Colleges/Universities
1. Washington State University — 42,722 miles
2. University of Washington — 7,537 miles
3. Seattle University — 5,734 miles
Top Communities
1. Pullman — 29,693 miles
2. Wenatchee — 29,412 miles
3. Dayton — 24,593 miles
Top Champion Teams
1. Washington State Department of Transportation — 29,908 miles
2. Evergreen Volkssporting Association — 7,227 miles
3. WSDOT South Central Region Fat Burners — 5,329 miles
Top Schools
1. La Connor Elementary — 59,493 miles
2. Foothills Middle School — 25,783 miles
3. International School — 12,078 miles
What’s Next?
2008 Spring Training Challenge
April 22nd – May 31st
It may be snowing in March around the Puget Sound, but Spring is just around the corner! Participate in the Healthiest State Campaign’s second annual Spring Training Challenge, April 22nd – May 31st.
Keep working on your New Year’s Resolution Challenge progress, get into shape for summer, and maybe you’ll be a winner…in the 2008 Spring Training Challenge. Participate at www.HealthiestState.org.
For the first time in the Puget Sound region, everyone has information to see how we are doing, community-wide, on ensuring that patients get certain aspects of health care that are recommended by national medical guidelines.
The first regional "Community Checkup," produced by the Puget Sound Health Alliance, shows that we all have room for improvement. The report — based on a vast draw of data reflecting the care provided to more than 1.6 million patients in King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap and Thurston counties — identified opportunity for improvement in essentials such as cholesterol checks and other basic services.
To learn more and read the full report, visit the Community Checkup website at www.wacommunitycheckup.org.
 Click here for a printable PDF of the Healthy Highlights article
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