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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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