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Performance and quality improvement: Essential functions of any public health organization

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

Ron Bialek, MPP , Public Health Foundation, Washington, DC
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
Most of us expect the organizations where we work to have people responsible for human resources and fiscal management.   At the same time, many public health organizations have no one responsible for performance and quality improvement activities that have been demonstrated to improve the way programs are run, services are delivered, people are hired and retained, and money is managed.  The National Public Health Improvement Initiative (NPHII) placed performance and quality improvement front and center for the health department grantees, demonstrating the value of these essential functions.  The competencies developed during the NPHII program, ways to sustain these gains, and competencies needed into the future in performance and quality improvement will be focus of this presentation.

Learning Areas:

Public health administration or related administration
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Describe performance and quality improvement competencies Explain how performance and quality improvement activities improve the operations of public health organizations.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the lead in developing the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals and worked with CDC to develop Performance Improvement Manager competencies. I also have worked to help build these competencies and been involved in efforts to determine the impact of these competencies.
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.

Back to: 3011.0: Ground Gained: Strategies for Sustaining Advances Made in Performance Improvement