Opioid Response: A Recipe for Local, Impactful Results
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement
October 2, 2018
Ron Bialek, MPP, President, Public Health Foundation.
First, the good news. Substantial federal, state, and local resources are being allocated for planning and implementing responses to the opioid crisis. For example, there are new and redirected federal funds available through the Centers for...
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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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Using the A3 Problem Solving Report at Oklahoma City-County Health Department
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement
April 7, 2017
Kathie Dyer, Quality Improvement Council Consultant, Oklahoma City-County Health Department
Efficiency at Oklahoma City-County (OK) Health Department (OCCHD) is a prime objective in our day-to-day operations, and as the Quality Improvement (QI) Council Consultant at OCCHD, I am always on the lookout...
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My Lifesaving Accreditation Tool
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, and Workforce Development
January 31, 2014
Alicia Plati, MPH, MBA is Director of Planning & Development for the Oklahoma City-County Health Department
Almost nothing is exciting about preparing for accreditation. So why am I excited? Because I love finding or creating tools that are both incredibly effective and remarkably simple.
Preparing...
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