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

Posted in: Community Development, Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, PHF News, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

October 19, 2016

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Coming Soon: New TRAIN Platform Available to Learners in Early 2017 Mobilizing Community Partners to Action: How a Small Vector Control Program Tackled Zika New QI Tool: Community Stakeholder Services Map...

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

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September 16, 2016

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Preparing the Public Health Workforce of Today and Tomorrow: Use of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals in Academia PHF and CDC Vector Control Improvement Initiative Featured in Journal...

Taking Action Across Sectors in Communities: Addressing Diabetes in Texas

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

July 26, 2016

Texas has a high prevalence of diabetes and an especially high incidence of diabetic complications such as amputations and renal failure. The statewide, age-adjusted diagnosed diabetic rate of 10.8/100 is the ninth highest rate in the country and has approximately doubled since the 1990’s1. Increasing...

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

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April 26, 2016

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Using The Community Guide for Community Health Improvement Initiative Kicks Off National Indian Health Board and PHF Collaborate to Improve Health in Indian Country Stakeholders Collaborate to Improve Their C...

Population Health Driver Diagram Used by Columbia School of Nursing

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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...

Tackling Risks Associated with Diabetes Using a Population Health Driver Diagram

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April 30, 2015

The Public Health Foundation (PHF), with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), is developing and using a population health driver diagram framework to address prevention, control, treatment, and reduction of severe complications associated with diabetes. PHF has been testing an innovative...

PHF and ACHI Partner to Support Hospital Population Health Improvement Efforts

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March 25, 2015

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) strives to create opportunities to achieve public health and health care system alignment to improve community health. With this in mind, PHF is partnering with the Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) to provide technical assistance and training to...

Developing Your Own Population Health Driver Diagrams to Address Health Challenges

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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...