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The Public Health Foundation (PHF) and the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) have worked collaboratively to develop a new tool to help public health organizations identify and apply quality improvement (QI) tools to support measurement activities. This tool was developed through...

Eleven Public Health Departments First to Achieve National Accreditation Status

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Development

March 4, 2013

Public Health Accreditation Board recognizes high-performing health departments Alexandria, VA — The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) today announced it has awarded 5-year accreditation to 11 public health departments. The national program, jointly supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Fou...

Defining Public Health’s Role in Antibiotic Stewardship

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

January 23, 2013

With funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) is leading an effort to develop and pilot a change package to enable public health organizations to help reduce antibiotic resistance. A change package serves as a catalogue of the leading practices...

APHA and PHF Release New Tool: Performance Measurement for Public Health Policy

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

January 18, 2013

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) and the American Public Health Association (APHA) have worked collaboratively to develop a tool to help health departments assess and improve performance of their policy activities. The tool is geared towards health departments that are familiar with performance measurement...