253840 PHF's Early Successes in QI Technical Assistance with NPHII Grantees

Monday, October 31, 2011: 3:15 PM

Margie Beaudry, MA , Public Health Foundation, Washington, DC
     
The speaker will describe PHFs major quality improvement (QI) technical assistance activities to date with NPHII grantees. Discussion will review rapid cycle improvement projects in Maine, Minnesota and Wisconsin; Train-the-Trainer session series in Utah; and QI training in Alabama. In addition, the speaker will summarize the QI tools available to NPHII grantees in the March 2011 book, Modular kaizen: Dealing with Disruptions, and early experiences applying these tools in public health settings.

Learning Objectives:
1) Summarize examples of QI technical assistance provided to NPHII grantees. 2) Describe the challenge, opportunities, and early successes of these early QI efforts.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I represent the Public Health Foundation (PHF) in communications with CDC, national partner organizations, and grantees. My office triages technical assistance (TA) requests from grantees via CDC, assesses specific TA needs in the realms of performance management (PM) and quality improvement (QI), and coordinates provision of on-site and remote TA in response to those needs, ensuring those services are consistent with evidence-based best practice. I also coordinates the development and distribution of cross-cutting QI tools for NPHII grantees.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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