“Community Health Workers help translate people to systems and systems to people.
They help people understand how to navigate complicated systems and they help systems understand how to better serve the individuals they work with.”
Bridges to Health Partner Agencies 2021
Bridges to Health Documents
ONLINE Forms to complete (HIPAA Compliant):
Documentos del Puentes Hacia el Camino de la Salud
EN LÍNEA- Complete los siguientes formas directamente (compatible con HIPAA):
About Bridges to Health Pathways Program:
Bridges to Health (B2H) is a cross-sector, collaborative approach to providing community care coordination.
The primary goals of B2H are:
Empower community members most in need to improve their overall health and well-being
Improve access to services and resources by addressing disparities in our systems
Increase collaboration of services in and out of healthcare
Bridges to Health is the regional implementation of the Pathways model serving Hood River and Wasco Counties. Pathways is a model that enables a centralized HUB to coordinate, track and measure both the process and the resources to provide distributed community care coordination to people served. Pathways ties payments to milestones that improve client’s health and well-being.
Contact Information:
Katy Williams, LPN, Bridges to Health Program Manager
Lissette Rivera, CHW, Bridges to Health Program Community Care Coordinator Lead
Community Health Workers (CHW’s) are employed by local agencies (hospitals, clinics, schools, social service agencies). They help coordinate needed services for clients & their households. Agencies contract with the Pathways HUB to get paid when evidence-based outcomes are met.
Bridges to Health in the Media:
Links to other stories highlighting Bridges to Health:
Lissette Rivera highlighted for her work
Bridges' Avila Provides Crucial Link to Recovery
Community Health Worker, Josh, highlighted for his work
Bridges to Health Adapts to Support The Gorge
Page 22 Gorge Magazine: Bridging a Healthcare Crevasse
The Daily Yonder: Bridges to Health Article Nov 2020
OHA Care Coordination YouTube Video
Bridges to Health Highlighted at OHA
Bridges to Health Evaluation:
Bridges to Health Evaluation Metrics
Donations:
Bridges to Health kindly accepts donations to our Client Incidentals Fund which goes directly to clients to help with housing fees, food, clothing, services, needs unique to each client to help them through tough times. We are a program of the Columbia Gorge Health Council, a 501(c)3. To make a donation you can Click the DONATE button below, mail a check to: 610 Court Street, The Dalles, OR 97058 or contact b2h@gorgehealthcouncil.org
