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Continuous Quality Improvement Institute coming this fall:With the transition of summer to fall, comes the launching of several new projects within the Center for Public Health Practice. In fall 2009, the Center will launch a new Continuous Quality Improvement Institute, or CQI2. Funded through the CDC Centers for Public Health Preparedness cooperative agreement, this project will bring together teams of participants in a 7 month cohort-based training institute. The cohort of teams will plan and launch quality improvement projects within their agency or community that will seek to improve public health emergency response processes. This will be a critical opportunity to utilize previously collected data from after action reviews, exercises and actual response efforts and complete the cycle by implementing effective corrective actions. Click here for information... 
Incident action planning course converted to online option: In response to repeated requests from our customers for more distance based offerings, the Center for Public Health Practice has converted an incident action planning course from a face to face workshop into an online, instructor-supported format. The online option was so popular, the class filled up and currently has a waiting list. “Incident Action Planning: The Planning P” provides participants with a logical, hands-on approach to responding to a level-three incident in their communities. This course, based on the National Incident Management System, provides a standardized framework that can be used to manage any incident. Team Shaker Heights found the course helpful. “The course has allowed us to reflect on what our community is doing well already, and what we need to improve upon. Our emergency response plan, which is a multi-hazard plan, is a good base. We also realized that, due to our small size, we will need to engage those outside our community, such as our regional public health partners, in planning,” the team said in its evaluation. The course activities are structured so that participants identify local strengths and weaknesses, which allows communities to modify emergency operations plans to foster a collaborative and effective capacity to meet the challenges of a complex local disaster. Click here for course information...  Center staff facilitate statewide public health stakeholder meeting:Adam Negley and Melissa Sever, Ohio Center for Public Health Preparedness co-coordinators, facilitated a statewide public health stakeholder meeting on July 14, 2009. The purpose of this meeting was to identify and prioritize critical issues that must be addressed prior to fall flu season and the arrival of the H1N1 vaccine. The meeting was attended by the Ohio Department of Health preparedness leadership and representatives from many of Ohio's 130 local public health agencies. In all, approximately 160 people participated in the meeting. Click here for full story... |
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