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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Accreditation Success in Idaho's North Central District Health Department
Posted in: Strategic Planning, TRAIN, and Workforce Development
January 24, 2018
The process of approaching and applying for Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) accreditation can be daunting. There is a plethora of planning, preparation, and documentation that must take place throughout the process. The Idaho North Central District Health Department, accredited in March 2016...
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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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Impact of TRAIN Effectiveness and Efficiency on Public Health Accreditation
Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development
February 27, 2012
David Knapp, TRAIN Administrator (Kentucky), and Jane C. Jones (Kentucky)Public Health Accreditation discussion inevitably finds its way to the topic of workforce development. Quickly, plans of new employee orientations, training matrices, and ideas of how to use existing courses are tossed around ...
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