Opioids: The Crisis Upon Us
Posted in: Strategic Planning, and TRAINby Ron Bialek
October 31, 2018
Ron Bialek, MPP, President, Public Health Foundation.Can you imagine the response to, “crime has been reduced in our community, so let’s cut the police department budget,” or “there hasn’t been a fire all year, let’s sell off the idle fire engines and layoff half of the fire fighters.” Yes, this is...
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Opioid Response: A Recipe for Local, Impactful Results
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement
October 2, 2018
Ron Bialek, MPP, President, Public Health Foundation.
First, the good news. Substantial federal, state, and local resources are being allocated for planning and implementing responses to the opioid crisis. For example, there are new and redirected federal funds available through the Centers for...
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New Grant Opportunity Focuses on Addressing Health Care Needs in Rural Communities
Posted in: Community Development, Infrastructure, and Strategic Planning
September 14, 2018
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) plans to award up to 22 grants to rural communities as part of the 2019 Rural Health Network Development Planning Program.
Awardees will receive up to $100,000 for one year to develop an integrated...
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Expertise to Help Your Organization Implement its Opioid Initiatives
Posted in: Community Development, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, TRAIN, and Workforce Development
June 26, 2018
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) specializes in solving complex challenges by facilitating partnerships and assisting health departments, hospitals, health systems, and other community stakeholders with proven performance improvement methodologies, tools, and experience. This expertise may help you...
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Blasting Off: Achieving Team Success Using Quality Improvement Tools
Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Strategic Planning
August 25, 2017
“Houston, we have a problem.” The story of the Apollo 13 mission stands as a shining example of a high-functioning and effective team, one that brought a damaged spacecraft, and its astronauts, home safely. But what should you do when your quality improvement (QI) team is stuck on the launch pad or...
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Community Chief Health Strategist: How Will We Get There?
Posted in: Community Development, and Infrastructure
November 17, 2016
Are you looking to become the Community Chief Health Strategist? The Public Health Foundation (PHF) has the expertise to make this happen for you, and involve community partners working together toward shared goals. As the Community Chief Health Strategist, you will step forward to align stakeholders...
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Improving Access to Physical Activity: Taking on Health Disparities
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Strategic Planning
July 22, 2016
Jessica Montana, MPH, CHES is the REACH Program Coordinator at the Cabarrus Health Alliance in Kannapolis, NC.
In Cabarrus County, NC, our public health and other community leaders understand that health disparities – often along racial and ethnic lines – are a genuine and formidable barrier to...
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