Resources

In this section, you will find a list of resources that can be helpful to your work related to quality improvement and accreditation at the local and state levels of public health.

Public Health Performance Improvement Toolkit: Online collection of tools, trainings, and related resources that have been developed by public health practitioners through their work in public health improvement and in preparation for national voluntary accreditation.
Stories and Topical Briefs: These topical briefs and stories from individual states summarize key lessons learned by health departments engaged in quality improvement (QI) and accreditation preparation efforts and provide recommendations for practitioners.
QI Storyboards: Features all of the storyboards that have been submitted by the Multi-State Learning Collaborative projects, as well as resources on how to develop your own storyboards.
Archived Webinars and Meetings: Archives materials from previous in-person conferences—where innovative practices in performance improvement and accreditation were shared—and recordings and notes from webinars covering a plethora of performance improvement topics.

Additional Resources:

NNPHI eCatalog: Under Programs, select “Multi-State Learning Collaborative.” You may also search by state.

National Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Public Health were the focus of the August 2007 and the January 2010 issues of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Free online access to these issues are available by clicking on the links above.

PHLS Teleconference Series on Quality Improvement: View materials from the teleconference series.

Academy Health Issue Brief: QI in Public Health - Lessons Learned from the MLC

Michigan’s Quality Improvement Guidebook: The guidebook provides models, strategies, and tools that can be used by local health practioners to approach QI.

Making the Connection: An Exploration of QI and Accreditation through the MLC was a newsletter series highlighting the work of MLC states participating in the project's second phase.

To learn more about NNPHI's Accreditation and Performance Improvement initiatives, contact Anooj Pattnaik, Program Coordinator, at .