Modified Approach Promotes Lean Processes and Identifies Lean Wastes
September 13, 2010
“Modified Approach” presents the goal of a lean culture: “to build a better, faster, more efficient and streamlined process.” The article, written by quality improvement consultants Grace Duffy and John W. Moran and published in the August 2010 edition of Six Sigma Forum Magazine, shows work flow processes...
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The Mid-State Health Center Quality Improvement Case Study
September 13, 2010
The Mid-State Health Center Quality Improvement Case Study by Sharon Beaty and John W. Moran shows how QI tools and techniques can be applied in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Look-a-Like. The two quality improvement projects highlighted in this case study are obtaining a behavioral health...
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Utilizing the Advanced Tools of Quality Improvement to Leverage the Power and Reach of Public Health
September 13, 2010
Ron Bialek, John W. Moran, and Louise Kent, Planning Administrator for the Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department, conducted an interactive workshop for 100 participants on “Utilizing the Advanced Tools of Quality Improvement to Leverage the Power and Reach of Public Health” at the...
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The Team Charter
September 13, 2010
A team charter provides the initial direction a team needs to be successful in tackling the task it has been assigned. Too often a team spends valuable resources figuring out what it is supposed to do. A well-developed team charter can save time and reduce confusion by defining clear goals, expressed...
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Core Competencies Tools You Can Use
September 11, 2010
This is a listing of tools and resources that can be used to assist individual public health workers, and public health organizations with using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to strengthen workforce development efforts. These tools will also help public health practice and academic...
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About Performance Management
September 10, 2010
In 2010, PHF created a short two-page primer on performance management in public health, synthesizing information from a number of performance management resources, including From Silos to Systems: Using Performance Management to Improve the Public’s Health. This original framework was refreshed in...
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Healthy People 2010 Toolkit
September 10, 2010
The Healthy People 2010 Toolkit provides guidance, technical tools, and resources to help states, territories, and tribes develop and promote successful Healthy People 2010 plans and to prepare for 2015 or 2020 plans. It can also serve as a resource for communities and other entities embarking on similar...
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Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project
September 10, 2010
In 2001, PHF assisted the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in the development of the Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project, which provides easily accessible information on evidence-based strategies related to the Healthy People 2010 objectives. By clicking on specific search strategies,...
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The ABCs of PDCA
September 10, 2010
The ABCs of PDCA, written by Grace Gorenflo and John W. Moran in April 2010, is an introduction to quality improvement (QI) through the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle (PDCA). This QI tool maps a process to help improve processes and eliminate inefficiencies in health departments. The article demonstrates...
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Turning Point: Performance Management Project and Publications
September 9, 2010
The Turning Point Performance Management National Excellence Collaborative (PMC) was a group of seven states and five national partner organizations that studied and promoted the use of performance management systems in public health. From 2000 to 2005, PHF collaborated with the PMC to study how...
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