Opioids: The Crisis Upon Us
Posted in: Strategic Planning, and TRAINby Ron Bialek
October 31, 2018
Ron Bialek, MPP, President, Public Health Foundation.Can you imagine the response to, “crime has been reduced in our community, so let’s cut the police department budget,” or “there hasn’t been a fire all year, let’s sell off the idle fire engines and layoff half of the fire fighters.” Yes, this is...
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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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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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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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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...
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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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