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New Forum Topic!Friday, May 2, 2014 - Is anyone working on new or follow-on QI projects between State and Local Health Departments? Check out and respond to our new community forum topic here. |
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World Immunization WeekTuesday, April 29, 2014 - It’s WHO World Immunization Week! Are you up to date? PHQIX has detailed descriptions of immunization-related QI initiatives from eight different states: Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin! Are you implementing an immunization-related QI initiative and don’t see your state represented on the map? We want to know about it! Find out more about the submissions process here or by emailing contact@phqix.org.
Check out what your colleagues are doing to improve vaccine inventory management and immunization rates among children and adults by clicking on the links below. Vaccine Order Management and Inventory Distribution Vaccine Inventory Management Rapid Improvement Event - Denver, Colorado Improving Immunization Process - Everett, Washington Administration of Vaccine to Children Improving the Immunization Rate for Children Seen in Public Health Clinics - Waycross, Georgia Avoiding Missed Opportunities: Immunizing Adolescents in Green Lake County - Green Lake, Wisconsin School Immunization Record Review Project - Spokane, Washington WIC Immunization Referral Process - Port Huron, Michigan Administration of Vaccine to Adults P3W: Pertussis Prevention for Pregnant Women - Naples, Florida Administration of Vaccine to Children & Adults Deschutes County Health Services’ Immunization Data Entry Improvement Project - Bend, Oregon
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PHQIX Evaluation Survey FindingsWednesday, April 16, 2014 - Thanks to the PHQIX user community for taking the time to fill out our evaluation survey a few months ago! At the Keeneland Conference last week, we shared initial findings at the poster session. Initial analysis indicates that the PHQIX community is putting into practice information from the QI initiatives on the site and that PHQIX may be a more effective resource for persons and organizations who already have a higher baseline level of QI capacity.
We had a strong response rate to this survey and now have a great source of information for better understanding our user community. We'll continue to analyze the data, as well as have conversations with users, to make sure we understand the different needs of different users. We'll use this information to continue to refine the site to make sure it's helpful to practitioners and organizations with varying levels of QI expertise and capacity.
If you have additional thoughts, feel free to start a post in the Community Forum! |
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National Public Health WeekMonday, April 4, 2014 - It's National Public Health Week! What are you doing to celebrate? If you are in Lexington, Kentucky, stop by and visit us at the Keeneland Conference! We will have the PHQIX booth set up during the day on Tuesday and Wednesday. Also, look for the PHQIX evaluation findings during the poster session on Tuesday evening. We hope to see you there! |
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The March Newsletter is Out!Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - The March edition of Quality Matters is now available! Highlighted are 8 new QI initiatives, recent Community Forum topics waiting for your input, the upcoming Public Health Improvement Training, and new QI resources. Have something you'd like to share in the April newsletter? Let us know! contact@phqix.org |
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Accreditation Preparation in Small Local Health DepartmentsTuesday, March 18, 2014 - Does anyone have suggestions or experience in organizing the process for the gathering of required documentation? Assigning a Domain Leader is challenging with few staff. |
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Nominate a QI Innovator!Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - Don't forget to nominate your favorite QI innovator for our first-ever QI Innovator Award! Submissions are due no later than next Friday, March 14. This is an opportunity for public health practitioners to nominate innovative QI practitioners and recognize their hard work in championing a QI effort and culture. The PHQIX team and two members of the Expert Panel will jointly select the nominees. One winner will be announced in mid-March and will receive an iPad mini and a PHQIX sweatshirt. The winner will also be featured on the PHQIX website!
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