transportation, around social external housing). determinants. partners. Documentation of improved outcomes for Address food patients/clients/community. insecurity. Specific Objective: Foster QI environment where continued QI initiatives can be developed to ensure efficient/effective processes Attainable Goals Realistic Measures Resources Timeline Strategies Diversify group to include Develop a Each leadership, Group formed June broader skill set. comprehensive program/division middle 2016 QI group. develops management, benchmarks. all CHD staff Tie benchmarks to evaluate Identify CoQI plan for leadership, Benchmarks and improve performance. benchmarks department middle developed that align with would include management, December 2016 funding and these all CHD staff employee benchmarks. performance evaluations. Maximize understanding and Utilize the Periodic leadership, Epi reports use of all health department epidemiology reporting from middle beginning June data systems workgroup to the epi management, 2016 (Epic/Acqure/Power understand workgroup. all CHD staff School/Ahlers/etc.) existing data sources. Use PDSAs Develop a QI Documented leadership, June 2017 guide (step by PDSA cycles middle step) for (including management, programs to outcomes) all CHD staff set up PDSA cycles.
transportation, housing). Address food insecurity. around social determinants. Documentation of improved outcomes for patients/clients/community. external partners. Specific Objective: Foster QI environment where continued QI initiatives can be developed to ensure efficient/effective processes Attainable Goals Realistic Strategies Measures Resources Timeline Diversify group to include broader skill set. Develop a comprehensive QI group. Each program/division develops benchmarks. leadership, middle management, all CHD staff Group formed June 2016 Tie benchmarks to evaluate and improve performance. Identify benchmarks that align with funding and employee performance evaluations. CoQI plan for department would include these benchmarks. leadership, middle management, all CHD staff Benchmarks developed December 2016 Maximize understanding and use of all health department data systems (Epic/Acqure/Power School/Ahlers/etc.) Utilize the epidemiology workgroup to understand existing data sources. Periodic reporting from the epi workgroup. leadership, middle management, all CHD staff Epi reports beginning June 2016 Use PDSAs Develop a QI guide (step by step) for programs to set up PDSA cycles. Documented PDSA cycles (including outcomes) leadership, middle management, all CHD staff June 2017
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