Performance Management Toolkit
June 19, 2014
Performance management is a systematic process that helps an organization achieve its mission and strategic goals. The Public Health Foundation (PHF) produces and provides resources and tools, including case stories, white papers, and customized technical assistance, that can help individuals and organizations...
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Houston Uses QI to Improve PHAB Documentation
June 16, 2014
As a grantee in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Public Health Improvement Initiative (NPHII), the Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) provided quality improvement (QI) training to employees in the department using the Public Health Foundation (PHF) Train-the-Trainer...
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Population Health Driver Diagram to Increase Use of Oral Health Care
May 28, 2014
With funding from the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) led an effort to develop a Population Health Driver Diagram to Increase Use of Oral Health Care. A population health driver diagram identifies...
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Selecting Quality Improvement Team Members
April 21, 2014
The success of any quality improvement (QI) endeavor depends on the team working on it. It is not the number of people, but rather how well they function and work together, that makes a team successful. QI team members must respect each other, and share common goals, a vision, agendas, and timelines...
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SCAMPER Technique
April 21, 2014
SCAMPER Technique is a process improvement tool that helps teams improve existing processes or create new ones. Introduced in Michael Michalko’s book Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques, the SCAMPER Technique is presented here as a supplement to the Public Health Foundation (PHF)...
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Workforce Training Needs Assessment - The Ohio State University
March 18, 2014
In 2010, the Center for Public Health Practice at The Ohio State University College of Public Health developed a web-based survey to assess workforce training needs of public health professionals at state and local health departments. The survey instrument was based on the Council on Linkages Between...
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Planning Before You Communicate Tool
February 13, 2014
Health departments must have good, consistent, clear, crisp communications both internally and externally. A comprehensive and strategic communications plan for the department sets the foundation for staff to develop and execute communications effectively: to reach the target audience in the right...
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An Accreditation Maintenance Tool
January 30, 2014
The Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OCCHD) is a trailblazer during these initial years of public health accreditation. Among the first health departments to be accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), OCCHD continues to innovate and share, providing a living example of continuous...
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Assigning Public Health Preparedness and Response Core Competencies and Public Health Preparedness Capabilities to TRAIN Courses
January 17, 2014
Many public health departments and organizations require competency-based training for their workforce. As a result, the Public Health Preparedness and Response Core Competency Model and the Public Health Preparedness Capabilities have been integrated into TRAIN. Benefits of the Competencies and Capabilities...
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Seasonal Influenza Resources from PHF's Online Store
January 6, 2014
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) offers resources from the Seasonal Influenza (Flu) Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help you inform and educate your patients, colleagues, and others on actions that can be taken to prevent the flu.
The following resources...
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