PHF E-News: News for Public Health (January 2018)

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Topic: Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, TRAIN, Workforce Development

Date: 1/26/2018

News, resources, tools, and information on performance management, quality improvement, and workforce development to improve the quality and performance of your organization and the health of your community.

PHF E-News: News for Public Health

Share Your Feedback and Help to Shape Competencies for Performance Improvement and Population Health Professionals

Performance Improvement Competencies

Does your work involve activities in the areas of quality improvement, performance management, workforce development, accreditation, or community health assessment and improvement? Are you actively engaged in supporting your organization’s performance improvement (PI) efforts? Your help is needed to ensure a set of competencies for PI professionals best meets the needs of the public health workforce.

Now is your opportunity to review a draft set of Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health (PI Competencies) currently under development and share your thoughts on any aspect of the draft. Do these competencies accurately reflect the skills and needs of the PI workforce? What does it take to be a PI professional? What knowledge and skills are nece ssary for PI professionals? Join your PI colleagues and submit your feedback on the draft PI Competencies today.

Population Health Competencies

Are you passionate about population health? Is community benefit work a core part of what you do? Contribute to the development of competencies to support the population health workforce.

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is working to develop a set of competencies for population health professionals. These Priority Competencies for Population Health Professionals (Population Health Competencies) are designed primarily for non-clinical hospital, health system, public health, and healthcare professionals engaged in assessment of population health needs and development, delivery, and improvement of population health programs, services, and practice. Learn more about how you can provide feedback on the draft Population Health Competencies.

Accreditation Success in Idaho's North Central District Health Department:

Using the TRAIN Learning Network

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 by PHAB, used the TRAIN Learning Network to achieve accreditation and created a foundation for effective and efficient procedures for completing workforce development planning, preparation, and documentation requirements.

Watch a short video featuring Idaho North Central Health District Director Carol Moehrle to hear her thoughts on how using TRAIN for accreditation has both saved time and made the process easier for pursuing accreditation.

Innovation and Quality in Public Health

Webinar: February 27, 2018 from 2-3pm EST

How can public health better position itself and its work as innovative in an environment where public health and healthcare are moving closer together? How do public health organizations assume a vital role as the community chief health strategist, bringing together diverse community players to make meaningful progress on community health issues? Explore how the Oklahoma City-County Health Department is moving its community forward to improved population health with innovation.

Applications Open in April 2018 for Kresge's Emerging Leaders in Public Health Initiative

The Kresge Foundation is partnering with the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health (UNC) to recruit and select 20 teams for the third cohort of Emerging Leaders in Public Health (ELPH). ELPH is a leadership development initiative aimed at providing local, governmental public health leaders with the knowledge and skills to lead in today’s changing health care environment. Learn more about the ELPH initiative selection criteria, application process, and stories from previous participants.

The Heart of New Ulm: Population Health Takes a Village

Webinar: March 21, 2018 from 1-2pm EDT

In New Ulm, Minnesota, an exciting partnership focused on heart health was formed ten years ago, entitled "Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm." This initiative successfully reduced heart attacks and improved heart disease risk factors in a rural Minnesota town with partnerships across public health, healthcare, education, government, and business. Join PHF and leaders of this innovative program for a webinar to learn more about what is working to improve health outcomes in their community.

Spotlight: Community Health Resources

The Public Health Improvement Resource Center (PHIRC), which now contains over 700 resources, is a portal to dozens of community health improvement tools and current examples of assessments and plans.

Ask the AHD Expert: Pursuing Multiple AHD Partnership Opportunities

With so many possibilities for creating successful academic health department (AHD) partnerships, how do you know where to start? This fourth column in the Ask the AHD Expert series explores the development of AHD partnerships with multiple organizations. Explore this promising situation with Bill Keck, Chair of the Academic Health Department Learning Community, and see his checklist of considerations for making the best start within an AHD partnership.

Native Public Health Innovation Award: Call for Nominations

The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) created the Native Public Health Innovation Award to recognize excellence, achievement, and innovations that are above and beyond the call of service. This award will highlight the work and vision of a Tribe, individual, organization or program that has worked to improve health status, implement new programming, address long standing health disparities, and/or increase the visibility of public health concerns. Review the award criteria and submit your nomination by February 20, 2018.

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