Sedgwick County Health Department Storyboard - WIC Wait Times
April 4, 2011
The Quality Improvement Committee at the Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) in Kansas identified improving the wait time for the Women Infants and Children (WIC) clinic as one of the eight improvement areas to address in an effort to develop a culture of QI at the agency.
AIM StatementTo pro...
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Orange County Health Department in Florida Shows Benefits of Quality Improvement with Quality Journey
April 1, 2011
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) and the Orange County Health Department in Florida have worked together over many years to improve the quality of public health in Florida. The Orange County Health Department produced this document that explains their quality journey in "Implementing a Quality Management...
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Modular kaizen: Dealing with Disruptions
March 15, 2011
Modular kaizen: Dealing with Disruptions aims to help health departments achieve quick improvements in disruptive environments. Modular kaizen is the creation of an improvement or redesign project planned along a timeline that recognizes the highly volatile nature of the public health organization’s...
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TRAIN's 2011 Public Health Preparedness Summit Presentation
March 2, 2011
These are the slides for the TRAIN workshop on "Improving Public Health Workforce Preparedness: Integrating Training Across the Spectrum," held on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at the 2011 Public Health Preparedness Summit.
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CQI Song Written by Quality Improvement Participant in Iowa
February 16, 2011
Public Health Foundation (PHF) Senior Quality Advisor John W. (Jack) Moran and Grace Duffy, completed three quality improvement (QI) workshops at the Iowa Department of Health in Des Moines. These QI tools, such as Affinity Diagrams, Flowcharts, and Fishbone Diagrams helped to boost efficiencies and...
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QI Successes in Sedgwick County Health Department
February 10, 2011
In July 2010, the Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) in Kansas began working with PHF in an effort to develop a culture of quality improvement (QI) at the agency. The key objectives of the project included:
Development of an agency quality improvement plan
Leadership staff training
All-staff...
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Using QI Skills in Daily Work
January 12, 2011
"Using QI Skills in Daily Work" was co-authored by PHF quality improvement consultants John W. Moran and Grace L. Duffy with Beth Pierson, Epidemiologist for Planning and Assessment at the Franklin County Board of Health in Ohio. The article was published in the Quality Management Forum, a Peer-Reviewed...
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Developing Solutions to the Challenges Public Health Organizations Face in 2011
January 4, 2011
Ron Bialek and John W. (Jack) Moran of PHF worked with Jennifer McKeever of the National Network of Public Health Institutes to present "Developing Solutions to the Challenges Public Health Organizations Face in 2011: Using Tree Diagrams and Prioritization Matrix of the Advanced Tools of QI" at the...
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Academic Health Departments: Core Concepts
December 20, 2010
This summary document was developed following a review of the literature to present basic elements of the academic health department model. A definition of an academic health department is provided, along with proposed attributes, purpose, and benefits associated with the model. This document is being...
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Academic Health Departments: Bibliography
December 20, 2010
This bibliography includes published literature related to the academic health department model. It is a working document that will be updated periodically; suggestions for additions are welcome. The current list was last updated on March 7, 2016. For more information or to suggest literature to add...
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