​Process Value Analysis enables a team to analyze each step in a process to determine its value, put in terms of a ratio of function to cost. Developed by Public Health Foundation (PHF) Senior Quality Advisor John W. Moran and PHF quality improvement expert Erin Barkema, the main focus is on determining the value chain of the process, including the value of each element of the process, and identifying those activities that do and do not add economic value. Click here to see the full tool.

About the Public Health Quality Improvement Encyclopedia

Process Value Analysis is one of many supplements to the 2012 Public Health Quality Improvement Encyclopedia, a practical guide to using 75 tools for quality improvement practitioners in public health organizations. The book was distributed to all state and local health departments, and may be purchased through PHF's Online Store.