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Bill Keck, MD, MPH, Chair, Academic Health Department Learning Community; Chair, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice; Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University Engagement is key to the success of partnerships, and...

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...

Using the A3 Problem Solving Report at Oklahoma City-County Health Department

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

April 7, 2017

Kathie Dyer, Quality Improvement Council Consultant, Oklahoma City-County Health Department Efficiency at Oklahoma City-County (OK) Health Department (OCCHD) is a prime objective in our day-to-day operations, and as the Quality Improvement (QI) Council Consultant at OCCHD, I am always on the lookout...

Open Call for PHAB Site Visitors

Posted in: Infrastructure

October 9, 2014

The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is actively seeking public health practitioners to serve as Site Visitors. PHAB Accreditation is based on a peer review process, and Site Visitors play a central and substantive role in the accreditation process. PHAB is the independent organization that...

Joan Miles: PHF's New Vision

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Strategic Planning

November 10, 2010

Healthy Practices. Healthy People. Healthy Places. You may ask, what’s behind the Public Health Foundation’s new Vision Statement. What does “Healthy Practices” mean and what does this have to do with PHF?This past summer, I was pleased to be engaged with the PHF Board of Directors and staff as we r...