<div dir="ltr"><div>Accreditation Work Group,<br><br>CLHO's intern, Wendy
Kane, has been developing a new QI Tool for Oregon health departments-- a comprehensive "one-stop shop" QI reporting,
tracking and communications tool.<br>
<br>Based on background research, informational interviews, and
discussions with partners in other states, she has developed a set of
tools for health departments to use for their QI tracking and reporting,
and tools for a state-wide system (possibly online) to track and share
QI project ideas, lessons learned and data on improvement activities
across the state. <br><br>This tool includes templates for:<br></div><br><div>-Developing a QI
project charter, <br>-Logging QI projects, <br>-Reporting out on QI results,
<br>-Developing a QI project storyboard,<br>-Calculating return on investment (ROI) for QI projects,<br>-Creating communication tools to use with
community partners outside of your health department.<br><br>The tools are
intended not only to help health departments develop accreditation
documentation, but to also help as you develop a Continuous Quality
Improvement program that will strengthen your health department across
all your work.<br>
<br>We are hosting a webinar to introduce you to the draft tool,
walk through a few QI examples using the set of tools and get feedback
on ways to improve the tool. <br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"></span><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
Please save the date for the webinar on</span><b> </b><span><u><b>Tuesday, May 14th 10-12</b></u></span>.</span> </font></span>Agenda and webinar information will be sent out soon.<br>
<br>Thank you,<br>Erin<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Erin Mowlds, MPH</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Local Accreditation Manager</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Coalition of Local Health Officials</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" href="mailto:erin@oregonclho.org" target="_blank">erin@oregonclho.org</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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