News and Events
Funding Opportunity for Local Health Department Accreditation Preparation SupportMonday, November 11, 2013 - With funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office for State, Tribal, Local, & Territorial Support, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for local health departments (LHDs) to engage in accreditation readiness activities. The 2013-2014 Accreditation Support Initiative awards are intended to stimulate QI and promote LHD readiness to seek voluntary national accreditation through PHAB.
Application requirements and full details about the ASI opportunity are provided in the Request for Applications and the application reference document. Applications, via the online submission form, are due Wednesday, November 13, 2013. |
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Last Day at APHAWednesday, November 6, 2013 - We're wrapping things up at APHA. It's been a great conference. We've learned a lot about what is happening in the world of QI...and also had the chance to meet our APHA drawing winner, Brittney Jones! |
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November Twitter ChatTuesday, November 5, 2013 - Want to learn more about Quality Improvement? Join our our twitter chat today at noon Eastern Time. We are cohosting with NNPHI! Search for #QITogether on Twitter! |
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APHA Conference Drawing Closed; Winners AnnouncedWednesday, October 30, 2013 - Our APHA Conference Drawing has concluded. Thank you to everyone who participated by joining and commenting on PHQIX! We proudly announce the winners of the drawing: Venice Ng - Colorado - FitBit Activity Tracker Isra Ahmad - California - FitBit Activity Tracker Brittney Jones - Kentucky - APHA Conference Sponsorship We'll be hearing more from Brittney, who is an undergraduate student studying public health, as she discovers and learns about the QI side of public health at APHA in Boston. We are also excited to support and contribute to APHA, a PHQIX partner. Meanwhile, keep your eyes on PHQIX - we have some exciting plans for November! |
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Last day to enter the APHA Conference Drawing!It's your last day to enter the APHA Conference Drawing. It ends today, Wednesday, October 23, 2013. The Details One winner will be selected to receive PHQIX sponsorship for conference registration to attend the APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition. The conference will take place in Boston, Massachusetts from November 2-6, 2013. Sponsorship will cover the conference registration fee, travel and lodging. Two other winners will be selected to receive Fitbit activity trackers! What do you need to do to enter the drawing? In order to be included in the drawing which will close on Wednesday, October 23, either: a) Comment on a Community Forum post or on a QI submission. Keep in mind you have to be a PHQIX user to be able comment on PHQIX! Winners All three winners will be notified by Friday, October 25, featured on the PHQIX site the week of October 28th. You must be a public health practitioner with interest and/or experience in quality improvement (i.e., no prizes for spam bots or people without an apparent public health quality improvement affiliation!). |
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Open Forum Drawing Winners and New Drawing AnnouncementOur Open Forum drawing has come to a close! We have selected and notified the following winners: Jennifer Olsen - Rhode Island - Fitbit Activity Tracker winner Thank you to everyone who participated! Didn't win this time around? We're announcing a new drawing TODAY. The APHA Conference Drawing will start today and end on Wednesday, October 23, 2013. The Details One winner will be selected to receive PHQIX sponsorship for conference registration to attend the APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition. The conference will take place in Boston, Massachusetts from November 2-6, 2013. Sponsorship will cover the conference registration fee, travel and lodging. Two other winners will be selected to receive Fitbit activity trackers! What do you need to do to enter the drawing? In order to be included in the drawing which will close on Wednesday, October 23, either: a) Comment on a Community Forum post or on a QI submission. Keep in mind you have to be a PHQIX user to be able comment on PHQIX! Winners All three winners will be notified by Friday, October 25, featured on the PHQIX site the week of October 28th. You must be a public health practitioner with interest and/or experience in quality improvement (i.e., no prizes for spam bots or people without an apparent public health quality improvement affiliation!). |
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Ask an Expert: Performance Management ModelsLes Beitsch, MD, JD, member of our PHQIX Expert Panel, answers this question in our new 'Ask an Expert' post: "Our health department staff members are working to align our strategic goals with our ongoing quality improvement efforts. As a part of this endeavor, we are looking to create an engaging Performance Management (PM) system that gives us the data and information that we need. Are there any existing models that provide guidance on designing such a PM system?" For his answer and corresponding resources, click here. |
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