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  • 5 Tips for Strong Academic Health Department Partnerships

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    Mayela Arana

    Academic health department (AHD) partnerships play a vital role in supporting and strengthening the public health workforce. AHD partnerships are built between health departments and academic institutions and can enhance public health education and training, research, and service, strengthening the current and future capacity and workforce of the organizations involved. These mutually beneficial relationships serve to strengthen and formalize collaboration – to move the relationship between

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  • A Stronger Future For Public Health Begins With Advocacy

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    Guest Author

    By Shelley Hearne, DrPH, MPH, Director, Johns Hopkins Lerner Center for Public Health Advocacy With today’s turbulent climate, the future of public health can feel uncertain. Trust in public health leaders has slipped. Resources are shrinking. Longstanding policies are being questioned and uprooted. How do we move forward? The only way forward is through –

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  • When Quality Improvement Starts to Decay: A Public Health Leadership Imperative

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    Jack Moran

    By John W. Moran, Senior AI and Quality Advisor, Public Health Foundation, PhD & Amanda McCarty, Performance Improvement Specialist, Public Health Foundation Performance management (PM) and quality improvement (QI) systems are central to modern public health practice. Yet even well-designed systems can quietly lose effectiveness over time. This blog explores why PM and QI efforts

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  • Strengthening Public Health Practice Through Performance Management & Quality Improvement

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    Jenna Constable

    A Q&A With Amanda McCarty, Expert Instructor for PHF’s Workshops “Performance management and quality improvement provide practical ways to focus on the work that matters most and show how programs are making a difference” — Amanda McCarty, Public Health Foundation Where to Begin: Why Performance Management (PM) & Quality Improvement (QI) Training Matters Now Across

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  • How Local Health Departments are Using AI to Transform Public Health

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    Jack Moran

    Picture this: A local health department (LHD) in a mid-sized county is juggling a new community health assessment, grant reporting deadlines, and an uptick in flu cases. Traditionally, summarizing dozens of focus group transcripts would take weeks, but with Artificial Intelligence (AI), they generate key themes in under an hour. That time saved means the

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  • Pharma and Public Health in Action: We Talk, We Rise / Si Hablamos, Nos Levantamos

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    Guest Author

    By Pfizer co-authors, Kathryn Mitchell, Director, Multicultural Consumer Marketing and Jennifer Medina Matsuki, MPH, CHES, Director, Public Health Partnerships and Initiatives The tridemic of COVID-19, Influenza (flu), and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) continues to test our healthcare system and disproportionately affect communities of color, especially Black and Hispanic communities. Preparedness begins with listening and responding

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  • Bridging the Gap in Health Department Capacity: A Q&A with Sonja Armbruster on PHF’s Technical Assistance & Training

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    Jenna Constable

    “Many health departments don’t have the internal expertise or infrastructure to sustain agency-wide performance improvement efforts. PHF helps bridge that gap.”  — Sonja Armbruster, Performance Improvement Expert at PHF To explore how health departments can leverage expert consultants and proven tools for performance improvement, this Q&A features insights from Sonja Armbruster, Performance Improvement Expert at

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  • Performance Management in Public Health – Where to Begin, What to Know, and Why It Matters

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    Jenna Constable

    PHF’s Monthly Q&A with Performance Management Expert Amanda McCarty “Performance management is increasingly seen as a learning tool rather than a box to check off.” — Amanda McCarty, Public Health Foundation Where to Begin: Laying the Foundation for Performance Management Getting started with performance management can feel overwhelming, but the key is to begin small

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  • Integrating AI into Your Public Health Organization – Not If, But When and How

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    Jenna Constable

    PHF’s Monthly Q&A with Performance Improvement Expert Jack Moran, PhD “When the public health workforce understands how to strategically engage with AI, it becomes a transformative ally rather than just another tech trend.” — Jack Moran, PhD, Senior Quality Advisor, Public Health Foundation Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming one of the most powerful forces

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  • Minimizing Disruption When Implementing AI

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    Jack Moran

    AI (Artificial Intelligence) has the potential to be transformational for organizations, but it must be implemented thoughtfully. While AI can bring significant benefits, it may also disrupt existing workflows and culture, leading to short-term challenges. To support continuous improvement in public health’s often interruptive environment, in 2021 the Public Health Foundation (PHF) developed a resource

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