
AI in Public Health
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way public health solves problems and serves communities.
PHF helps organizations embrace AI thoughtfully and strategically through technical assistance, training, and resources for safe, effective, and impactful implementation.
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Articles
PHF’s Approach to Implementing AI
PHF’s Approach to Implementing AI — This paper outlines PHF’s nine-step approach to help organizations minimize disruptions and implement AI safely.
AI Can be a Useful Quality Improvement Team Member
AI Can be a Useful Quality Improvement Team Member — This paper examines how AI tools can support quality improvement teams.
What Are the Challenges and Risks of Using AI?
What Are the Challenges and Risks of Using AI? — This paper reviews the key challenges and risks associated with using AI, including inaccurate outputs, employee concerns, and resistance to change. It highlights the importance of clean, trusted data and introduces the VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) Analysis Tool as a way for organizations to define and assess unknowns before taking action.
Your AI Future Depends on Your Data
Your AI Future Depends on Your Data — This paper explores how organizations can use AI to optimize data usage while avoiding the risks of poor data quality.
Using Communication Forums to Introduce AI to an Organization
Using Communication Forums to Introduce AI to an Organization — This paper emphasizes the importance of open forums to discuss AI adoption, answer questions, and address concerns about job impact.
A Data Strategy for the AI World
A Data Strategy for the AI World — This paper outlines how to prioritize data strategy, break down data silos, ensure governance, and build infrastructure for trusted, high-quality data.
Change Management in the Chaotic AI Environment: Turn Chaos into Clarity
Change Management in the Chaotic AI Environment: Turn Chaos into Clarity — This paper explains why organizations need AI Change Agility and strategies such as clear communication, targeted adoption teams, and the Modular Kaizen model to reduce disruptions.
Blogs
Integrating AI Into Your Public Health Organization — Not If, But When and How (Q&A with Jack Moran)
Integrating AI Into Your Public Health Organization — Not If, But When and How — In this Q&A, Jack Moran, Senior AI and Quality Advisor at PHF, discusses how public health organizations can strategically implement AI.
Minimizing Disruption When Implementing AI
Minimizing Disruption When Implementing AI — This blog explains how organizations can minimize disruption when implementing AI by using the Modular Kaizen approach, which emphasizes assessing readiness and potential impacts before taking action through a structured Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle.
How Local Health Departments are Using AI to Transform Public Health
How Local Health Departments are Using AI to Transform Public Health — This blog explores how AI is helping local health departments work smarter, not harder, while highlighting the evolving role of public health professionals.
Using AI to Support Your Instructional Design
Using AI to Support Your Instructional Design — This blog examines three ways AI can help instructional designers create impactful training.
Training
Harnessing AI to Elevate Public Health Performance Improvement Initiatives
Harnessing AI to Elevate Public Health Performance Improvement Initiatives — This archived webinar discusses innovative strategies, real-world examples, and actionable takeaways using AI.
Minimizing Disruptions When Implementing AI to Elevate Public Health Performance
Minimizing Disruptions When Implementing AI to Elevate Public Health Performance — This recorded session from the 2025 Public Health Learning Forum covers innovative strategies, real-world examples, and actionable takeaways that will empower public health leaders to harness the potential of AI in driving organizational and system-wide improvements in performance.
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