Competencies for Public Health Informaticians
September 30, 2014
In 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with the Association of Schools of Public Health and the University of Washington's Center for Public Health Informatics, convened a Working Group to Define Competencies for Public Health Informaticians. This working group developed...
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Personal Protective Equipment Resources
September 8, 2014
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), fatalities and injuries among the nation’s workers are substantially reduced with the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). It is estimated that 20 million workers use PPE on a regular basis to protect themselves and others from...
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Competency Assessments for Public Health Professionals
July 31, 2014
The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) represent foundational or crosscutting knowledge and skills for the broad practice of public health that professionals may want to possess as they work to protect and improve the nation's health. The Core Competencies offer a...
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Crosswalk of the 2014 and 2010 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
July 31, 2014
This crosswalk of the 2014 and 2010 versions of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) illustrates the relationships between specific competencies within these two versions. It contains three competency maps – one for each of the three tiers comprising the Core Competencies...
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Developing a Population Health Driver Diagram
July 23, 2014
To create opportunities for public health and health care system alignment to improve community health, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) created a population health driver diagram framework. A population health driver diagram can be used collaboratively by public health, health care, and other partners...
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Resources from PHF’s Online Store Help to Reduce the Spread of Antibiotic Resistant Infections
July 17, 2014
Promoting Appropriate Antibiotic UseImproper use of antibiotics can cause drug-resistant bacteria, and could even lead to death. Every year, 2 million people in the United States acquire antibiotic resistant infections. To help fight this pressing public health problem, the Public Health Foundation...
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Nine Pillars to Support Public Health Quality Improvement Adoption
July 14, 2014
Delivering the highest quality and most effective public health services,the highest quality and most effective public health services starts with developing a quality improvement (QI) mindset throughout the organization. Once this mindset is ingrained in the organization, all actions support the...
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Annual Catalog of TRAIN Courses with Public Health Preparedness and Response Core Competencies and/or Public Health Preparedness Capabilities
July 10, 2014
The Annual Catalog of TRAIN Courses with Public Health Preparedness and Response Core Competencies and/or Public Health Capabilities identifies training available through TRAIN that has that has Public Health Preparedness and Response Core Competencies and/or Public Health Preparedness (PHEP) Capabilities selected....
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Mistake Proofing
June 27, 2014
Defects emerge because of errors – invariably human errors. To “mistake proof” is to reduce the likelihood of something going wrong which would result in an error. Mistake Proofing, sometimes called “poka-yoke,” was developed by Shigeo Shingo in the 1960s to prevent human errors in industrial processes....
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PICK Chart
June 27, 2014
Where do we begin? This is often the question when improvement teams must choose a process improvement project from among several worthy candidates. A PICK chart is used to rank projects by considering their level of difficulty (the amount of scarce resources required) and the level of payoff (the improvement...
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