Where You Live Matters to Your Health

Angela Russell, Community Engagement Lead for the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps recently spoke in Sacramento, Calif., about using federal and state health care data to make policy changes at the local level. The event, part of the California Health Policy Forum briefing "Health Rankings for Communities Across California: Using Data To Improve Population Health," included speakers from the Center for Health Improvement, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Healthy City Project, and The Commonwealth Fund.

California Healthline covered the briefing:

Health care numbers are interesting to Angela Russell but they only become important when you remember what they represent, Russell said.

"Data rankings are a starting point, not an endpoint, and the key is using that information to take action," Russell said. "You have to remember, this data is alive. It represents families and individuals and communities."

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