Tracking EPHS to Improve Data Collection and Measure Accountability
May 24, 2011
The Jo Daviess County Board of Health (Board), in coordination with the Jo Daviess County Health Department, developed an electronic reporting system for the systematic collection and documentation of public health activities. In March 2008, the Board completed a National Public Health Performance...
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Applications and Tools for Creating and Sustaining Healthy Teams
April 25, 2011
Published on the Public Health Foundation (PHF) website in April 2011, Applications and Tools for Creating and Sustaining Healthy Teams is designed as a guide to help organizations optimize the use of teams. Primarily a collection of papers and essays previously published elsewhere, this book is ideal...
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Modular kaizen: Dealing with Disruptions
March 15, 2011
Modular kaizen: Dealing with Disruptions aims to help health departments achieve quick improvements in disruptive environments. Modular kaizen is the creation of an improvement or redesign project planned along a timeline that recognizes the highly volatile nature of the public health organization’s...
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Using QI Skills in Daily Work
January 12, 2011
"Using QI Skills in Daily Work" was co-authored by PHF quality improvement consultants John W. Moran and Grace L. Duffy with Beth Pierson, Epidemiologist for Planning and Assessment at the Franklin County Board of Health in Ohio. The article was published in the Quality Management Forum, a Peer-Reviewed...
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JPHMP Special Issue on Quality Improvement (Jan/Feb 2010)
September 20, 2010
The Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP) January/February 2010 Special Edition on Quality Improvement features the Public Health Foundation's (PHF) QI Experts Les Beitsch, John W. Moran, and William Riley as guest editors as well as authors of articles such as “Quality Improvement...
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Ready, AIM, Problem Solve
September 14, 2010
Narrowing a problem statement to a discrete issue promotes a focus for effectively applying QI tools. A lack of focus on real issues can cause a loss of valuable problem-solving time. The October 2009 edition of the Quality Texas Foundation Update includes an article on this quality improvement process....
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TAPP into the PDCA Cycle
September 14, 2010
Written by PHF’s Senior Quality Advisor, John W. Moran, and quality improvement experts Grace Duffy and William Riley, this article in ASQ’s May 2009 Healthcare Update describes how to improve the management of public health processes through setting performance targets, measuring key quality characteristics,...
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The Continuum of Quality Improvement in Public Health
September 13, 2010
"The Continuum of Quality Improvement in Public Health,” co-authored by PHF quality improvement consultants John W. Moran, Grace Duffy, and Bill Riley, was published in the Quality Management Forum, a Peer-Reviewed Publication of the Quality Management Division of the American Society for Quality, in...
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Modified Approach Promotes Lean Processes and Identifies Lean Wastes
September 13, 2010
“Modified Approach” presents the goal of a lean culture: “to build a better, faster, more efficient and streamlined process.” The article, written by quality improvement consultants Grace Duffy and John W. Moran and published in the August 2010 edition of Six Sigma Forum Magazine, shows work flow processes...
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