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Effectiveness and Challenges for Implementing Quality Improvment Activities in Nebraska's Local Health Departments
December 19, 2012 | Journal Article
The study's results indicate that Nebraska’s LHDs still face significant barriers for QI implementation, including low capacity, knowledge gaps, inadequate resources, and low institutional QI maturity.
Public Health Quality Improvement Exchange
December 31, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Public Health Quality Improvement Exchange (PHQIX) is a brand new online community designed to be a communication hub for public health professionals interested in learning and sharing information about quality improvement (QI) in public health. ...
Are We There Yet?
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Medicine and public health should be better integrated to improve population health in the U.S. This article presents conflicts encountered in the past, and discusses initiatives that may help align community health with clinical medicine
Estimating the Financial Resources Needed for Local Public Health Departments in Minnesota
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This study sought to quantify the gap between current public health spending and adequate public health spending in Minnesota and can serve as a conceptual model for other communities.
Finance
February 24, 2011 | Journal Article
PHSSR literature focuses on public health systems financing mechanisms, tools, and techniques and the relationship between public health systems costs and systems performance and outcomes.
Building Multisectoral Partnerships for Population Health and Health Equity
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Poor performance in achieving population health goals is well-noted—approximately 10 percent of public health measures tracked are met. Less well-understood is how to create conditions that produce these goals.
Networks as a Type of Social Entrepreneurship to Advance Population Health
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Leaders in public health can use networks to overcome some of the barriers that inhibit the widespread adoption of a population health approach to community health.
Meaningful Use and Certification of Health Information Technology
March 10, 2011 | Journal Article
Health information technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in medical offices and facilities. Computerization is certain to transform American health care, but to ensure that its benefits outweigh its risks, the federal government must provide appropriate oversight.
Pursuing Health Equity
March 10, 2011 | Journal Article
Despite significant improvements in the health of the overall population, health inequities in America persist. Racial and ethnic minorities continue to experience higher rates of morbidity and mortality than nonminorities across a range of health issues.
Multisector Partnerships in Population Health Improvement
October 15, 2010 | Journal Article
Many new initiatives for population health improvement feature partnerships of leaders and organizations