Bucks County Health Improvement Partnership

To provide a leadership role in Bucks County through a collaborative approach to address gaps in health services and to improve the health status of the community.

Bucks County Health Improvement Partnership

Providing a leadership role in Bucks County through a collaborative approach to address gaps in health services and to improve the health status of the community.

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(267) 291-7882

41 University Drive, Suite 300
Newtown, PA 18940

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Overview
Programs & Services

Mission

To provide a leadership role in Bucks County through a collaborative approach to address gaps in health services and to improve the health status of the community.

About Us

BCHIP was established over 25 years ago with support from our Bucks County Hospitals, The Bucks County Department of Health and the Bucks County Medical Society with a shared vision of improving the health in Bucks County. These organizations continue to identify opportunities to coordinate their efforts to identify gaps in services and identify resources to address these gaps.

Programs

See above to view the services and programs we offer.

Testimonial

BCHIP offers a wide range of programs that provide life-saving services.

Quit Smoking

Program Name

Quit Smoking

Program Description

Quitting smoking isn’t easy! Join one of our free programs listed below to get on the track to success. We offer education and tools to help you, and you’ll find support in being part of a program with people facing the same challenge you are.

To register on-line please click here. To register by phone or for more information please call 267-291-7882.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy is available for those who qualify.
Nicotine Replacement can include patches and gum.

BCHIP Wellness Partnership

Program Name

BCHIP Wellness Partnership

Program Description

The BCHIP Wellness Partnership has worked to provide health education, health promotion, and screening activities in a cooperative, noncompetitive manner for more than twenty years. The coalition includes a wide variety of community partners, including health and human service agencies, drug and alcohol prevention specialists, as well as representatives from all six hospitals and the county health department.

The Wellness Partnership recently established an initiative aimed at reducing the stigma associated with mental illness and behavioral health issues, including the disease of addiction. The stigma currently associated with these conditions is often a barrier to entering treatment and can be an obstacle for patients seeking employment or other social and economic opportunities.

Advance Care Planning

Program Name

Work Activity Center (WAC)

Program Description

You have the right to make decisions about the kind of healthcare treatment you want. But what if you are physically unable to make those choices known?.

Your choices should be documented in an Advance Healthcare Directive so they are known to your family members and healthcare providers.

Conversations are the Key!
Having conversations with your family, loved ones and close friends is important so they understand what’s important to you and can support the choices you make for your own healthcare. Conversations get everyone on the same page and reduce disagreements, angst and guilt when decisions are made.

The Advance Care Planning team includes certified facilitators to meet with you, or with you and your agent, to have a conversation and complete your personal Advance Care Directive.

For more information or to schedule your free consultation with our trained facilitators please call 267-291-7882 or click here.

To schedule presentations or group facilitated conversations, contact Hannah Meyers at 267-291-7882 or hsuffrin@bchip.org.

Bucks County Connect. Assess. Refer. Engage. Support (BCARES)

Program Name

Bucks County Connect. Assess. Refer. Engage. Support (BCARES)

Program Description

BCHIP involvement and ongoing support of BCARES serves as a keystone for collaborations among the many partners involved in the program and serves as a model for how our health systems can partner with community behavioral health programs to support better outcomes in Bucks County.

Bucks County Connect. Assess. Refer. Engage. Support (BCARES) is a warm handoff collaboration with the six Bucks County hospitals and an assigned Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS) to serve individuals who have survived an opioid overdose. A CRS is a person in long-term recovery who has taken training and passed a certification exam. The CRS will use their lived experience to help other individuals with substance use disorders. Through BCARES, opioid overdose survivors are offered recovery supports, education, resources, and a direct connection from the emergency department to treatment.

BCARES will also serve any individual with any substance use disorder who is being treated in one of the six Bucks County hospitals. The CRS will provide recovery support, education, resources and treatment options. Families and significant others are also provided with support and resources.

BCARES enhancements include BCARES Family Connect and Healthcare Professionals Opposing Stigma.

Long-Term Care Partnership

Program Name

Long-Term Care Partnership

Program Description

Purpose: To improve care for all Long-Term Care residents in Bucks County.

Mission: To provide leadership for coordination and standardization of information and resources for the Bucks County Long Term Care community.

BCHIP in conjunction with the Bucks County Commissioners, Bucks County Health Department, Bucks County Emergency Services, all Bucks County hospitals, and our long-term care facility partners created the Bucks County Long Term Care Partnership during COVID.

The partnership is a collaborative effort to create an open, non-competitive place to have discussions between facilities to identify shared resources and collaborative opportunities. . COVID showed all of us how important it is to know each other before, during and after these events by allowing our hospital members and community partners to share their strengths and lessons learned. We expect this work to provide valuable information and resources that will help the organizations and most importantly improve care for their patients.

We are hoping that all Bucks County long-term care agencies join the Long-Term Care Partnership, this includes nursing homes, personal care facilities, rehabilitation centers, respite and hospice agencies, and any other agencies that provide long term care. As we grow, we will expand with adding sub-committees. Our goal is to get input from all, share with all and hopefully be able to assist all.

If your organization would like to participate in the Bucks County Long-Term Care Partnership, please contact 267-291-7882 or email Colleen Campbell at ccampbell@bchip.org, we would love to have you onboard and be part of our new team!!

Bucks County Immunization Coalition

Program Name

Bucks County Immunization Coalition

Program Description

Our mission is to provide a leadership role in Bucks County through a collaborative approach to address gaps in health services, specifically immunizations and improve the health status of the community.

The Bucks County Immunization Coalition team has worked tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. We continue to support our local hospitals and Department of Health to address the needs associated with the aftermath of the pandemic. BCIC strives to play a vital role in helping to coordinate vaccine efforts and advocated for vaccines for our most vulnerable populations when needed.

For information on where to get your COVID-19 vaccine visit: https://www.buckscounty.gov/1251/Coronavirus-Vaccine-Clinics-and-Informat

For more information on BCIC visit: https://www.immunizepa.org/bucks-county-immunization-coalition/

Bucks County Health Improvement Partnership