Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health: Alignment with the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
June 22, 2018
The Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health (PI Competencies) are a set of skills desirable for performance improvement (PI) professionals working in public health. Based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) and the Core Competencies...
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Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health
June 21, 2018
The Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health (PI Competencies) are a set of skills desirable for performance improvement (PI) professionals working in public health. Based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) and the Core Competencies...
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Innovation and Quality in Public Health (Archived Webinar)
March 5, 2018
This archived webinar explores how one local health department, the Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OCCHD), is moving its community forward to improved population health. Grounded in a culture of continuous quality improvement, OCCHD has embraced the community chief health strategist concept,...
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Improving Vector Control Program Performance: An Intervention Guidance Document
July 6, 2017
From 2014-2017, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) collaborated with 15 local health departments on performance improvement initiatives to increase vector control program efficiency, effectiveness, and capacity. In addition to reports and resources produced by the 15 health departments, PHF worked with...
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A Performance Management Initiative for Local Health Department Vector Control Programs
August 10, 2016
Local health department (LHD) vector control programs have experienced budget reductions, resulting in reduced capacity and decreased ability to identify and quickly respond to emerging vector-borne diseases such as Chikungunya and Zika. "A Performance Management Initiative for Local Health Department...
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Performance Management Toolkit Webinar Slides
October 1, 2014
The Performance Management Toolkit Webinar: Pinpoint the Resources You Need, took place on October 1, 2014 and included a walk-through of the features of the Performance Management Toolkit. During the webinar, Brynn Riley from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention shared her story of building...
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Performance Management PDCA Self-Assessment Tool
May 22, 2013
This assessment tool is based on a model for performance management (PM) that follows a quality improvement (QI) cycle in which organization performance information and population outcome data are fed back into the system to improve future decisions. In this model, the main c...
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Applying Performance Measurement to Public Health Policy Activities
August 7, 2012
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) and the American Public Health Association (APHA) have worked collaboratively to develop a new tool to help health departments assess and improve the performance of their policy activities. While other performance measurement and evaluation guides exist, this is...
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Performance Management Applications in Public Health
July 2, 2012
As part of the Turning Point Performance Management Refresh activity and the development of the Performance Management Toolkit, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) compiled examples of performance management applications in public health. These one-page overviews demonstrate how health departments have...
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Strategic Practice Selection Exercise
June 29, 2012
The Strategic Practice Selection Exercise is a data driven decision making exercise to show how health departments can use a strategic practice selection process to assess the availability, affordability, accessibility, and utility of potential interventions. The priority areas selected for this exercise...
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