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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Good moring Accreditation Readiness Grantees and the Accreditation Workgroup,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I have received a lot questions about QI and Performance Management Systems and am glad to see NACCHO will be presenting on it next month. Please see below and register at the link highlighed in yellow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#E36C0A">**If you have specific questions or content you would like covered, please let me or Erin know in the next couple of days and we'll be sure to forward them on to Lauren.**<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">MaiKia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Lauren Shirey [mailto:lshirey@naccho.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:02 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'maikia.k.moua@state.or.us'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> NACCHO's Performance Improvement Teleconference Series Question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Maikia-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you are doing well. I wanted to respond to the question/suggestions you had for NACCHO’s Performance Improvement Webinar Series.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Your suggestion/request was: “1) summary of research on QI implementation in public health compared to hospitals, production, etc…, 2) site visits, how to prepare staff, 3) building PH competencies that include QI skills, 4) QI plans.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Based on suggestions like yours, we have determined <b><span style="color:red">that the April webinar, planned for Thursday, April 12, 2012 from 2-3 p.m. ET/ 1-2 p.m. CT/ 12-2 p.m. MT/ 11 a.m.-12 p.m. PT, will focus on the topic, “</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Introduction
to Developing a Performance Management System”.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal">This will include discussion of QI plans and processes.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal">Please go to:</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/pi-ta-teleconference-series.cfm"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/pi-ta-teleconference-series.cfm</span></a></span>
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal">to register for the April webinar. If you’d like to submit an additional question on this topic, please e-mail it to
<a href="mailto:performance@naccho.org"><b>performance@naccho.org</b></a>. You do not need to re-send your suggestion from before.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope this information is helpful and please do not hesitate to contact me if I can provide any more assistance.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lauren<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lauren A. Shirey, MPH<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Program Manager, Assessment and Planning for Accreditation Preparation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(202) 463-8096<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: (202) 783-1583<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:lshirey@naccho.org">lshirey@naccho.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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