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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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...
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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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