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In 2007, Olmsted County Public Health Services (OCPHS) in Minnesota used the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Cycle to improve their employee’s knowledge in Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies). Using the four stages of PDCA cycle, OPCHS integrated the Core Competencies into...

The Public Health Quality Improvement Handbook

July 20, 2010

Little in the current world is simple. Nothing comes in a box for us to add water and stir. There are those, however, who have been successful and who are willing to share their success. The messages in The Public Health Quality Improvement Handbook are from leaders, physicians, practitioners, academics,...

Public Health Memory Jogger II

July 16, 2010

PHF partnered with leading performance improvement organization GOAL/QPC to develop a quality improvement pocket guide for public health – the Public Health Memory Jogger II. The Jogger contains 22 of the most important quality improvement, management and planning tools with real-life examples...

Developing a Health Department Quality Improvement Plan

A health department's Quality Improvement (QI) Plan is not created in a one-time event but rather a continuing process of improvement that shows what is actually happening to ensure customer satisfaction. A QI Plan is also a document that provides written credibility and is a visible sign of management...

Healthy People 2010 Archive of Resource Files

The Public Health Foundation played a major role in developing and compiling tools and other resources that were designed to assist organizations in their efforts to implement Healthy People 2010. PHF migrated these tools and resources into one electronic file repository that can be downloaded from...

Sedgwick County Health Department Storyboard - Asset Management

The Quality Improvement Committee at the Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) in Kansas identified improving the processes related to Asset Management as one of the eight improvement areas to address in an effort to develop a culture of QI at the agency. Sedgwick County departments are required...

Core Competencies for Performance Improvement Managers

The Core Competencies for Performance Improvement Managers (PIMs) are a set of competencies for public health professionals in PIM positions. Most of these positions in state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments have been funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)...

Using Advanced QI Tools to Build Healthy Native Communities

The advanced tools of quality improvement (QI) help to surface and untangle the relationships among the many variables that are connected to an issue or problem. Using the tools helps narrow the focus to a few vital areas where the impact on the desired future state is likely to be greatest. During the...

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