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Community Health Commission
City Of Edina, Minnesota
Virtual
Monday, February 8, 2021
6:30 PM
I.Call To Order
II.Roll Call
III.Approval Of Meeting Agenda
IV.Approval Of Meeting Minutes
A.January 11, 2021 Meeting Minutes
V.Community Comment
During "Community Comment," the Board/Commission will invite residents to share relevant issues
or concerns. Individuals must limit their comments to three minutes. The Chair may limit the
number of speakers on the same issue in the interest of time and topic. Generally speaking, items
that are elsewhere on tonight's agenda may not be addressed during Community Comment.
Individuals should not expect the Chair or Board/Commission Members to respond to their
comments tonight. Instead, the Board/Commission might refer the matter to sta% for
consideration at a future meeting.
VI.Reports/Recommendations
A.Subcommittee Updates
B.Vitals App Survey Update
VII.Chair And Member Comments
VIII.Sta( Comments
IX.Adjournment
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Community Health Commission
January 11, 2021 at 6:30 PM
City Hall, Community Room
I.Call To Order
II.Roll Call
Present: Andrew Hawkins, Philip King-Lowe, Greg Wright, Rob Loesch, Tracy
Nelson, Michael Wood, Amanda Herr, Julia Selleys, Isadora Li, Ellie Mullen.
III.Approval Of Meeting Agenda
Motion by Greg Wright to approve meeting agenda. Seconded by Tracy
Nelson. Motion Carried.
IV.Approval Of Meeting Minutes
A.December 14, 2020 Minutes
Motion by Andrew Hawkins to approve December 14, 2020 meeting
minutes. Seconded by Greg Wright . Motion Carried.
V.Community Comment
VI.Reports/Recommendations
A.Subcommittee Updates
B.COVID-19 Update/Discussion
VII.Chair And Member Comments
Member King-Lowe: Podcast is active: 'Today's Autistic Moment' can be found
with Google search.
Student Member Li: Student newspaper response to a letter to the school board
about COVID policies is available at zephyrus.com.
VIII.Staff Comments
IX.Adjournment
Motion by Tracy Nelson to adjourn. Seconded by Philip King-Lowe.
Motion Carried.
Date: February 8, 2021 Agenda Item #: VI.B.
To:Community Health Commission Item Type:
Report and Recommendation
From:Philip King-Low
Item Activity:
Subject:Vitals App Survey Update Information
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
INTRODUCTION:
Summary of survey up to this point.
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Vitals App Summary
Edina Community Health Commission. Vitals App Survey Report
Richfield Bloom SLP Hopkins G. Valley Crystal Plymouth
The App is working well.Yes NI Yes Yes Yes No Yes
The App is not working well. (No means no there are no problems)No NI No No No Yes No
Is the App a good financial investiment for the City:Yes NI Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Gives an example of an incident where the app was useful No No No No No No Yes
Had a good response from the community Yes NI Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Plans to keep the app in their municipality Yes Maybe Yes Yes Yes No Yes
The most common concerns are due to the fact that the app was once available to individuals free of charge due to a very generous donor. In the last two years, they have had to charge a monthly subscription fee of $4.99 plus the cost of the Beacon
The cost of the standard bluetooth beacon is $20.00. The Bluetooth Device-Tag is $25.00 and the Waterproof band is $40.00
The concern is that many of the individuals who would use the beacons live on disability benefits. No medical insurance program pays for medical ID bracelets or devices. The budgets for the individuals who would be best served by having a Beacon make the costs out of their reach. If the people with disabilities cannot afford the subscription to use the beacon apps, then the public safety or medical services are not able to obtain the important information they need to help the individual. am including MAing MA will help pay for any Medical ID devices or subscriptions.
One of the suggestions was that we see if there are any civil organizations that might assist residents to get the subscriptions.With this suggestion there will most likely be an income report requirement to help pay for the subscriptions.
What some organizations suggest is reasonable income to afford the use of the apps, and what is realistic for the subscriber are not always in agreement.
In addition, the subscriber would have to have a smart phone device with Bluetooth for the Vitals App beacons to work.ork. They would also need to replace the batteries in them.
Captain Reed from the Plymouth Police Department was the only one to share with me about an incident in which the App helped the Police.
There was an individual with dementia that went walking around. As soon as the Police were close enough to him, his Vitals APP triggered their phones to alert them to where he was. He was returned safely to where he belonged.
One of the other concerns that was shared with me is that the local Police and other Safety personel will need to have the right smartphones with bluetooth to be able to detect the beacons. It was a cost to the department to update their equipment.
Captain Reed told me about what they did in Plymouth to gain subscribers. They had several community meetings at various elderly care facilities, with administrative staff and nursing staff to learn about the Vitals App.
Vitals App did all the explaining to the care facilities, and the representative from Plymouth helped Vitals make the connections to the facilities in their community.
Captain Reed said that they also had community meetings with parents with autistic children and autistic adults to explain how the app works. Once again, the Plymouth PD organized the meeting, and Vitals did the presentation.
Plymouth has just started looking into working with mental health organizations to work on having the vitals apps put on the collars of service animals. The service animals are important partners for many subscribers.
Lastly, with Crystal being the only exception, all the other municipalities reported that even though they do not have any incidents to report on the App being used, they do feel that keeping the App is very important.
Keeping the App working in their communities is important to Richfield, St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Golden Valley and Plymouth, because even if they have only one incident of the App helping them in an emergency situation,situation, Vitals App has done it's job.
In those communities, the main concern for having the Apps working is the safety of their residents should a police officer or paramedic interact with someone with autism, mental health disorders, and/or those with dementia with the Vitals App.