Performance Improvement Professionals Identify High Priority Areas for Workforce Development
Posted in: Conferences and Events, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, TRAIN, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos
July 18, 2019
Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation
Nearly 70 performance improvement (PI) professionals working in health departments and other public health organizations across the country came together last month to discuss and identify high priority...
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PHF Launches Two New Services to Help Health Departments Maximize Clinical Service Delivery Program Funding
Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, and Workforce Development
August 16, 2018
Delivery team will be led by former nurse and hospital administrator
Each month, experts from the Public Health Foundation (PHF) are in the field working with health departments and hear feedback about pressing needs for technical assistance and training. Recent comments from state nursing directors,...
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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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Special Supplement to the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Highlights the Impact of Public Health Accreditation
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Development
June 4, 2018
With nearly 70% of the U.S. population now served by a public health agency accredited through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), it is crucial to highlight and discuss the progress made through this program and how it has led to the increased quality and performance of public health practice....
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Laying the Foundation: Nursing & the Public Health Foundation
Posted in: Infrastructure, PHF News, and Workforce Development
June 4, 2018
Sashani Simpson, RN, BSN is a Master’s degree candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland. She has practiced nursing for more than nine years at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Did you know that nursing is the most trusted profession in the court of public opinion, 16 years run...
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Recapping a Year in the Field
Posted in: Data Analysis, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, PHF News, Strategic Planning, and Workforce Development
August 5, 2015
It has been a busy year for our Public Health Foundation (PHF) experts who deliver Performance Improvement (PI) Services in performance management, quality improvement (QI), and workforce development. They covered a lot of ground, providing customized on-site technical assistance (TA) and training in...
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New Funding Opportunity for Local Health Department Accreditation Preparation Support from NACCHO
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, TRAIN, and Workforce Development
October 30, 2013
With funding from the CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local, & Territorial Support, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) recently announced a funding opportunity for local health departments (LHDs) to engage in accreditation readiness activities. The 2013–2014 Accreditation...
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