A community health improvement plan (CHIP) or a state health improvement plan (SHIP) identifies actions that can be taken to improve a community’s health. This is an important step, but many communities find themselves down the road from their plan, with the plan still on the shelf.
If your plan hasn’t moved into action, or is moving too slowly to make measurable improvements, quality improvement (QI) tools can assist with the assessment of challenges, decision making, and building consensus among work groups and stakeholders. Try one or more of these five QI tools to support your organization, coalition, or community to achieve health improvement: