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Paul Kuehnert, President and CEO, Public Health Accreditation Board Ron Bialek, President and CEO, Public Health FoundationFirst, the good news. Billions of federal government dollars are being invested for enhancing and rebuilding public health infrastructure at the state, Tribal, local, and territorial...

Performance Management Is a Bit Like Making Sourdough (Or Making Sourdough Is a Bit Like Performance Management)

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvementby Sonja Armbruster

July 8, 2020

By Sonja Armbruster, in collaboration with Amanda McCarty and Jack Moran As we’ve all spent more time at home this spring and summer, I’ve found myself in the kitchen often. I’m pretty comfortable there - confident with my cooking and baking skills. But when yeast was absent from the store, I...

The Nation's Health Cover Story Features the Benefits of Academic Health Department Partnerships

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

August 30, 2018

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Have you seen the cover story in the August issue of The Nation's Health from the American Public Health Association? Academic Health Department Partnerships Boost Training: Joining with Schools Benefits...

Understanding Changes to the Accreditation Process

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

December 15, 2015

Important Changes to PHAB ProcessIn June 2015, the Board of Directors of the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) adopted a new Guide to National Public Health Department Initial Accreditation (Guide). While the overall process for accreditation has not changed, there are several new and revised pol...

Engage Reluctant Staff in Accreditation

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

September 9, 2015

The authors from the Alabama Department of Public Health include Carol Heier, Performance Improvement Manager/Accreditation Coordinator; Valerie Cochran, Assistant Nursing Director; and Annie Vosel, Director of the Division of Women's and Children's Health and Title X Family Planning. Achieving...

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...

How Can You Communicate the Benefits of Quality Improvement to Leadership and Staff?

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

June 4, 2015

Russ Rubin is Director of Strategic Communication at the Public Health Foundation. As you are well aware, improving the public’s health is no small feat. Using quality improvement (QI) tools and techniques to help achieve this goal takes time, planning, organization, participation, and often conflict,...

Why are They Stomping in Frederick, MD?

Posted in: Infrastructure, and Performance Management and Quality Improvement

March 25, 2015

Barbara A. Brookmyer, MD, MPH is Health Officer for Frederick County, Maryland. She previously served as Deputy Health Officer on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Somerset County and Dorchester County. While working for the Health Resources and Services Administration, she developed policies to increase...

Accountability Reexamined – The "New" Accountability

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

March 11, 2015

Harry Lenderman, EdD is a Quality Improvement Expert for the Public Health Foundation. Use of the word “accountability” seems to have evolved from traditional views. Traditionally, we find ways to “hold people accountable.” This article presents an alternative view in the context of quality improvement...

Charting a New Way Forward: Washoe County’s Experience with a Fundamental Review of the Health District

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

December 16, 2014

Kevin Dick is the Washoe County District Health Officer in Reno, Nevada. In April 2013, I was appointed interim Health Officer of the Washoe County Health District. The Health District, like many, was experiencing years of declining revenue and deficit spending. Our position was unsustainable and,...