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With PHAB's reaccreditation emphasis on performance management, quality improvement, and health outcomes, I was wondering how we could connect our QI projects more directly to our PM system and to health outcomes. Has anyone attempted this already, and if so, can you please share lessons learned?
Would it be approriate to list these as 2 additional details in the "plan" phase of the PDSA cycle?
Good morning,
Good morning,
I have uploaded a document showing how we incorporate QI in our Performance Managment System. Please let me know if you have any questions, or are interested in additional informatoon.
Channa
Channa Lindsay
Thanks for sharing, Channa! I
Thanks for sharing, Channa! I agree that including QI and PM at the top level is important. Do you also do it from the bottom-up? For example, do you include in the QI project charter/storyboard how each project connects with the agency's strategic plan/PM system/ or CHIP/health outcomes?
Gurleen Roberts, MPH
Director of Quality Management
Cobb & Douglas Public Health
Marietta, GA
gurleen.roberts@dph.ga.gov
Greetings Gurleen -
Greetings Gurleen -
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department continues to share high-quality resources with the public health practice community. One resource is the 2017-2018 iteration of their Quality Improvement Plan.
The plan can be accessed from the NACCHO website here: http://www.naccho.org/uploads/downloadable-resources/2017-2018-QI-Plan_T...
You asked how you might connect your QI projects more directly to your PM system and to health outcomes; Section 5 of the document discusses the relationship between quality improvement activities and the Performance Mangement System. Here's a sample from Section 5 that I think is relevant to your question:
"The performance management system enables the department to focus on learning and improvement by integrating all aspects of management, policy-making processes and transforming practices and processes so the focus is on achieving improved results and better health outcomes."
If you read the document, please share your reactions here.
Ty
Ty, the link you posted is
Ty, the link you posted is not working when I click on it. Can you please try to reshare?
Based on the portion you pasted above, I like that statement as an umbrella statement to include in a QI/Strategic plan to encourage use of QI throughout the agency. I was hoping to get something more specific about connecting health outcomes to QI projects. Thank you for your help!
Gurleen Roberts, MPH
Director of Quality Management
Cobb & Douglas Public Health
Marietta, GA
gurleen.roberts@dph.ga.gov
Here's that link: http://www
Here's that link: http://www.naccho.org/uploads/downloadable-resources/2017-2018-QI-Plan_T...