Performance Management and Cultural Transformation Using the PDCA Approach
September 17, 2013
This paper describes how to make a Performance
Management system the central nervous system of an organization. It provides
operational intelligence on a real-time basis, indicating performance relative
to goals, effectiveness and efficiency of programs and services, performance of
processes,...
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Four Stages of Teamwork: Electronic Tuckman
August 9, 2013
Where are you in the four stages of group development? The Electronic Tuckman tool and accompanying Tuckman Survey Scoring Template (which references the questions in the tool) were developed by Public Health Foundation (PHF) quality improvement experts Sonja Armbruster, Erin Barkema, and John W....
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Performance Management System PDCA Self-Assessment Tools - State and Local
May 22, 2013
Below are two assessment tools, one designed for state health departments and the other designed for local health departments. Both tools are based on a model for performance management (PM) that follows a quality improvement (QI) cycle in which organization...
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WalkWorks: A Model for Implementing Recommendations From The Community Guide
May 20, 2013
Community Guide UseThe University of Pittsburgh Center for Public Health Practice in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Health used recommendations from The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) to implement WalkWorks, a community-wide effort to increase phy...
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Applying Performance Measurement to Public Health Policy Activities
August 7, 2012
Use
this performance measurement tool developed by PHF and the American Public
Health Association to develop performance measures for your policy
activities. This tool offers an introduction to performance
measurement within the context of performance management.
The first section of the tool...
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Performance Management Applications in Public Health
July 2, 2012
As part of the Turning Point Performance Management Refresh activity and the development of the Performance Management Toolkit, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) compiled examples of performance management applications in public health. These one-page overviews demonstrate how health departments have...
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Strategic Practice Selection Exercise
June 29, 2012
The Strategic Practice Selection Exercise is a data driven decision making exercise to show how health departments can use a strategic practice selection process to assess the availability, affordability, accessibility, and utility of potential interventions. The priority areas selected for this exercise...
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NPHPS Story From the Field: Cherokee Nation
May 31, 2012
Cherokee Nation used the combined results from the National Public Health Performance Standards (NPHPS) state public health system assessment and tribal public health assessment to guide its public health activities and initiatives. Based on the assessment results, they found they wanted to improve...
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How to Focus Your Training and Professional Development Efforts to Improve the Skills of Your Public Health Organization: White Paper
April 10, 2012
This white paper reports on a series of workshops on focusing limited training and professional development resources to build competence within the public health workforce. Using a quality improvement tool, the prioritization matrix, workshop participants determined the relative importance of the...
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How to Focus Your Training and Professional Development Efforts to Improve the Skills of Your Public Health Organization (2011 APHA Annual Meeting)
November 21, 2011
This presentation addresses the use of a quality improvement tool, the prioritization matrix, to identify workforce development needs. In this example, the relative importance of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals domains is considered in order to help public health organizations focus resources...
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