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Participants Selected for 2016 E-Learning Institute Fellowship

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

January 8, 2016

The Public Health Foundation (PHF), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), would like to thank all those who submitted an application for the fourth E-Learning Institute (ELI) Fellowship. The purpose of the ELI Fellowship is to empower education and training professionals...

Promoting Antibiotic Stewardship Tools and Resources among Health Departments

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

December 23, 2015

Each year in the United States, antibiotic-resistant bacteria infect 2 million peoplei. To help address this issue, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) is working with the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease...

Council on Linkages Update - December 2015

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

December 17, 2015

Council on Linkages Update December 2015 Below is the Council on Linkages Update for December 2015. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications. Kick off the New Year with January Council on Linkages Mee...

PHF E-News: News for Public Health (December 2015)

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

December 15, 2015

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Improving Vector Control Using a Population Health Driver Diagram An Astronaut Did It in Space: It's Time for You to Do It Here A Tale of Three Cities on the Journey to Accreditation Help Build the Next TRAIN L...

Harnessing the Power of QI: A New Performance Management Perspective

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and PHF News

December 11, 2015

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is sharing a new quality improvement resource, Utilizing Performance Management to Harness the Power of Quality Improvement in Public Health. This white paper, authored by PHF Performance Improvement Expert Les Beitsch, Valerie Yeager, and PHF Senior Quality Advisor...

Council on Linkages Update - November 2015

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

November 24, 2015

Council on Linkages Update November 2015 Below is the Council on Linkages Update for November 2015. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications. Ensuring an Effective Public Health Workforce into the...

November 2015 HOTP: Ways to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship

Posted in: Conferences and Events, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

November 23, 2015

Public Health Foundation's Hot off the Press Get Smart About Antibiotics Week November 16-22, 2015 The Public Health Foundation (PHF) advocates for the appropriate use and prescribing of antibiotics in the following ways: Leads an effort to develop and pilot a population health ...

Help PHF Build the Next TRAIN Learning Network Platform for Public Health, Healthcare, and Preparedness Professionals

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

November 18, 2015

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is seeking volunteers to help test the new learning management system (LMS) platform for the TRAIN learning network as it is being developed. The purpose of the testing is to help ensure that TRAIN’s new LMS platform is user friendly and meets the needs of today’s...

PHF E-News: News for Public Health (November 2015)

Posted in: Council on Linkages, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

November 18, 2015

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue TRAIN Reaches Million Learner Milestone How Do We Ensure an Effective Public Health Workforce into the Future? Now Available: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 13th Edition "The Pi...

Improving Vector Control Using a Population Health Driver Diagram

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

November 13, 2015

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are collaborating on a project to use the Vector Control Population Health Driver Diagram as a framework for developing and implementing quality improvement (QI) interventions within five different vector control...