Quality Improvement Success in Orange County, Florida with Operational Efficiency
April 11, 2011
The Orange County Health Department in Florida chartered a QI team to reduce total time for administering child immunizations. With assistance from Grace Duffy, the QI team identified a number of disruptions to the process, including times when patients’ families were waiting to be interviewed and for...
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Using QI Tools to Make a Difference in H1N1 Flu Immunization Clinics
September 13, 2010
In January 2010, public health professionals from the Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department and PHF produced a white paper entitled “Using QI Tools to Make a Difference in H1N1 Flu Immunization Clinics: A Local Health Department's Experience,” citing a clear example of quality improvement...
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Review, Refresh, and Revitalize: Your Pandemic Flu Plan for Fall 2009
September 13, 2010
Quality improvement practices promote efficiency and effectiveness in strategically planning for and implementing programs that address public health problems. This white paper, written in July 2009 by Ron Bialek, John W. Moran, Kim McCoy, William Riley, and Lillian Shirley, provides crucial information...
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