The 2014 Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) National Conference was held March 5-7, 2014, in Orlando, FL. Hundreds of community health, community benefit, population health, and healthy community professionals learned from experts, exchanged ideas, and found the latest tools and approaches at the event.

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) conducted a breakout session and exhibited materials to demonstrate our products and services for hospital and healthcare professionals.

 
Track #4 Breakout Session
On Wednesday, March 5, 2014, from 3:15 to 4:30pm, PHF President Ron Bialek and Senior Quality Advisor John W. Moran led a breakout session on “Demonstrating a Framework for Effective Collaboration: Antibiotic Stewardship Partnership between Healthcare and Public Health.” This interactive session explored how healthcare and public health can work in partnership, with defined roles and responsibilities, to impact the health of a community. A framework developed and tested for successful collaboration was presented and discussed. This framework can be applied to any health issue where collaboration between health care and public health can result in improved community health.

• Download the handouts that were used during the session
• Download the group's summary of goals related to reducing hospital readmissions, and primary and secondary drivers that can help reduce readmissions
  

Exhibit Booth #19
From March 5-7, 2014, PHF displayed resources, tools, and materials in the exhibit hall. At the PHF exhibit booth, the following materials and resources were available:

• Copies of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, which outlines public health skills that may be needed in healthcare settings
• Information on PHF’s learning management network, TRAIN, including instructions on how to create a free account and what TRAIN can do for you as a hospital professional
• More details on our partnerships with healthcare and how we can serve hospitals, including:
• Applying quality improvement to meet community benefit guidelines
• Integrating population health into hospital strategic initiatives
• Partnerships with public health and other community partners to improve health outcomes
• Developing workforce development plans to meet current and future needs in a reformed health system
• Providing online training in population health
• Subscription opportunities for PHF’s free email newsletters, PHF E-News, Hot off the Press, and the Council on Linkages Update
• Giveaways including free PHF highlighters and magnets

Stay tuned to our events calendar to find upcoming opportunities to meet our staff and see how we can assist your hospital.

Connect with PHF after the event by leaving a comment on our website, following us on Twitter @ThePHF, or posting a message to the PHF Facebook page to start or continue a discussion about improving community health.