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Asthma Management: A Local Health Department’s Perspective

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

November 16, 2011

A conversation with Kathleen C. Brown, PhD, MPH, Director of Community Assessment and Health Promotion at the Knox County Health Department (KCHD) in Knoxville, Tennessee What challenges does Knoxville have related to asthma?
One of the greatest challenges with asthma management is that even ...

Mike Rudis: The Value of a Team Charter

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

November 11, 2011

Mike Rudis, Training Administrator, Office of Performance Management, Delaware Division of Public Health A team charter is the official document from a team sponsor that empowers the team to act. The Delaware Division of Public Health Process Action Team (PAT) has used a charter, which describes...

Paul Campbell Erwin: Translating Research into Practice – Is Your Academic Health Department Leading the Way?

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

August 29, 2011

Paul Campbell Erwin, MD, DrPH, Professor and Department Head, Department of Public Health, University of Tennessee
Academic health department (AHD) partnerships bring together academic institutions and health departments to strengthen public health education and training, research, and pract...

Kate Nicholson: Integrating the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals into Workforce Development Initiatives

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

August 3, 2011

Kate Nicholson, MA, Program Manager, Indiana Public Health Training Center (IPHTC), Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Public Health
For the past decade, the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Public Health’s 25-member agency training center Advisory Board dete...

Quality Improvement Is Not Just For Problems: Success and Effect Diagram

Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce DevelopmentJohn W. (Jack) Moran Jr.

June 24, 2011

Quality Improvement tools and techniques have been used extensively for solving problems in organizations. The authors1 of Quality Improvement Is Not Just For Problems: Success and Effect Diagram propose using those same methods to analyze successful processes. Understanding successful p...