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,...
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Top 10 Problems Encountered By Quality Improvement Teams
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvementby Jack Moran
December 7, 2010
Over the past few years, I have been involved in training and facilitating many quality improvement (QI) teams in public health and have noted the following major problems that they have encountered:
1. AIM Statement - This important goal statement was often too large; the scope of the initial...
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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...
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