1. Michigan Public Health Institute Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvement Kanchan Lota, MPH Program Coordinator September 2009 Mlc-3 Open Forum Meeting 1 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

2. Michigan’s MLC-3 Partners Department of Community Health Department of Agriculture Department of Environmental Health 45 Local Health Departments Michigan Public Health Institute 2 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

3. Michigan Local Public Health Accreditation Program 45 local health departments –14 district health departments –30 single county health departments –1 city health department (Detroit) The Nation’s First Public Health Accreditation Program 3 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

4. Included Programs Administrative Capacity Local Health Department Powers and Duties Clinical Laboratory Local Public Health Operations Food Service Sanitation (MDA) General Communicable Disease Control Hearing Immunization On-Site Sewage Treatment Management (DEQ) Sexually Transmitted Disease Vision Categorical Grant-Funded HIV/AIDS Maternal Support Services/Infant Support Services Family Planning Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program Women, Infants and Children (WIC) 4 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

5. Health Improvement Planning Target Area Selection Process  Locally Driven  Survey of all 45 Local Health Departments  Relevance, Interest, and Data Availability 5 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

6. Request for Proposals for Selected Target Areas Health Improvement Planning Chronic Disease ◦Competitive Selection Process ◦$10,000 in partial support to selected teams 6 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

7. Mini-collaborative Model Mentors Competitive Selection Process Matching mentor with the mini- collaborative Quality Improvement Consultant – Jim Butler 7 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

8. Mini-Collaborative Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties Saginaw County Department of Public Health Mentor: Genesee County Health Department (Ward Lindsay) 8 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

9. Plan – Do – Study – Act Initial Annual Learning Session Michigan’s Quality Improvement Guidebook: Embracing Quality in Local Public Health Teleconferences Webinars On-going Technical Assistance 9 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

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12. Collaboration is a social process and attention to “people” issues can ultimately determine success Benard, 1989 12 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

13. Challenges & Lessons Learned Target Area Working with new teams Time Communication 13 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

14. Importance of Communication 14 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

15. Challenges & Lessons Learned Mentors and Mini-Collaborative Model Internal capacity Internal resources 15 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

16. Collaboration Strategies Provide support Celebrate successes 16 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment

17. For More Information… For More Information… Michigan Public Health Institute Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvement www.accreditation.localhealth.net Kanchan Lota 517 324 8340 email: klota@mphi.orgklota@mphi.org 17 Michigan Public Health Institute: Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvment