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Improve the quality and performance of your organization and the health of your community with news from the Public Health Foundation (PHF). News, resources, tools, and information on performance management, quality improvement, and workforce development to improve the quality and performance of...

PHF E-News: News for Public Health (January 2017)

Posted in: Community Development, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, PHF News, Strategic Planning, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

January 10, 2017

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PHF E-News: News for Public Health (November 2016)

Posted in: Council on Linkages, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

December 9, 2016

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Learn How States Are Promoting Appropriate Use of Antibiotics in a New Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkit from CDC and PHF The Evolution of Public Health Learning: Introducing the New TRAIN Learning Network...

Learn How States Are Promoting Appropriate Use of Antibiotics in a New Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkit from CDC and PHF

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

December 1, 2016

As an element of Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) has worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to release Antibiotic Stewardship Implementation Framework for Health Departments, a toolkit designed to support state, tribal, local, and territorial...

Zika Preparedness and Response Using Quality Improvement Tools and Processes

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

May 16, 2016

As the public health and healthcare communities respond to the Zika Virus in the United States, quality improvement (QI) tools and techniques can be helpful for preparing for and reacting to local infections. QI’s focus on systems and processes can help state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments...

Population Health Driver Diagram Used by Columbia School of Nursing

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, PHF News, and Workforce Development

February 5, 2016

Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, FAAN the Dean and Professor at Columbia University School of Nursing and the Senior Vice President of Columbia University Medical Center introduced the Population Health Driver Diagram to the next generation of nurse practitioners as a way to integrate clinical and primary...

Promoting Antibiotic Stewardship Tools and Resources among Health Departments

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

December 23, 2015

Each year in the United States, antibiotic-resistant bacteria infect 2 million peoplei. To help address this issue, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) is working with the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease...

Improving Community Health: How Organizations and Communities are Using Population Health Driver Diagrams

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

September 21, 2015

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) has been working with communities using population health driver diagrams to address a variety of community health challenges. Development and use of population health driver diagrams continues to expand as communities understand the value the framework offers. A population...

Developing Your Own Population Health Driver Diagrams to Address Health Challenges

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and PHF News

October 21, 2014

With the goal of helping organizations use population health driver diagrams to address community health challenges, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) has launched the Developing a Population Health Driver Diagram tool that provides steps for organizations to construct their own driver diagrams. A...