How to Create Effective Strategies for Improving Community Health Outcomes

5 Steps to "Turn the Curve" on Community Health  An effective Community Health Improvement strategy is one that: Reflects qualitative and quantitative community health data Focuses resources on creating improvements with high leverage Involves participation of diverse partners and industries Focuses on creating equitable outcomes Once you’ve decided how you're going to measure progress [...]

The Importance of Separating Population and Performance Strategies in Your CHIP

Community Health Improvement Plans are important tools; they act as communication tools, provide opportunities to measure execution and accountability, and act as a compass to help keep us on course. That's why we spend so much time creating them. But not all plans are created equal or lead to demonstrable results. What's the difference between [...]

Public Health Accreditation – Our Little Secret to Conquering Domain 9

By: Kayleigh P. Marques Jan 29th, 2018 (updated Aug. 1st, 2024) **NOTE: PHAB has updated its Standards and Measures since the publishing of this blog in January of 2018. Therefore, the exact Domain, Standard, and Measure names in this blog may not match the updated versions. However, PHAB still requires the use of [...]

Your Data Deserves a Home! – The Value of Using an Online Scorecard

If you work in the public sector, your organization is probably engaging in some level of performance measurement. Good metrics help you gauge whether your services are performing efficiently and having the desired impact in the community. Performance metrics are great! But they’re not doing their job if they’re hard to organize, find, analyze, and [...]