Public Health Training Academy of Connecticut: Building a Sustainable and Accessible Professional Development Resource in Public Health
Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, TRAIN, and Workforce Development
February 13, 2023
Kathi Traugh, MPH, Project Director, Office of Public Health PracticeYale School of Public HealthSusan Nappi, MPH, Executive Director, Office of Public Health PracticeYale School of Public HealthThe prolonged COVID-19 response laid bare a reality the public health community had long understood...
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PHF Rolls Out New Workforce Capacity Assessment Technical Assistance
Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Developmentby Michael Barry
December 12, 2022
Michael A. Barry, Director of PHF Strategic Partnerships and Development, Public Health FoundationThis information was updated April 21, 2023The recent investment of federal resources for strengthening public health infrastructure has many health departments aiming to address workforce...
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PHF Launches Two New Services to Help Health Departments Maximize Clinical Service Delivery Program Funding
Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, and Workforce Development
August 16, 2018
Delivery team will be led by former nurse and hospital administrator
Each month, experts from the Public Health Foundation (PHF) are in the field working with health departments and hear feedback about pressing needs for technical assistance and training. Recent comments from state nursing directors,...
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Expertise to Help Your Organization Implement its Opioid Initiatives
Posted in: Community Development, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, TRAIN, and Workforce Development
June 26, 2018
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) specializes in solving complex challenges by facilitating partnerships and assisting health departments, hospitals, health systems, and other community stakeholders with proven performance improvement methodologies, tools, and experience. This expertise may help you...
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Health Departments Showing Strong Demand for Performance Improvement Services
Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Development
April 17, 2018
Margie Beaudry is Director of Performance Improvement Services at the Public Health Foundation.
Throughout the year, I speak with many health department leaders who ask, "Is my organization alone in this challenge? Is this training need common among other health departments? Are you helping others...
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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...
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Quality Improvement Is Not Just For Problems: Success and Effect Diagram
Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Developmentby Jack Moran
June 24, 2011
Quality Improvement tools and techniques have been used extensively for solving problems in organizations. The authors1 of Quality Improvement Is Not Just For Problems: Success and Effect Diagram propose using those same methods to analyze successful processes. Understanding successful process...
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