Measuring the QI Continuum and Correlates in Public Health Settings

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Overview

The Minnesota PBRN study seeks to identify, measure, and compare characteristics of quality improvement (QI) implementation in local public health settings across the state. The study will develop and validate measures the quality of QI implemented in Minnesota public health agencies (state and local) relative to a conceptualization of “full implementation” or “mature QI” as articulated in the professional literature and consistent with professional knowledge. These measures will then be used in a comparative analysis to examine how institutional and community contextual factors influence the quality of QI implementation in local public health agencies.

Findings

• MDH June 2011 Organizational Survey: Executive Summary (November 2011)
• Alignment and Spread of QI Culture in the Minnesota Department of Health: Results from 2011 Survey (November 2011)
• QI Culture in Minnesota Department of Health: Results from 2011 Survey (November 2011)
• QI Capacity in the Minnesota Department of Health: Results from 2011 Survey (November 2011)
• Accreditation in Minnesota: Knowledge and Readiness Factors (December 2011)
• Organizational QI Culture in Minnesota Local Health Departments (January 2012)
• Quality Improvement (QI) Capacity in Minnesota Local Health Departments (January 2012)
• Quality Improvement (QI) Practice in Minnesota Local Health Departments (February 2012)
• New Local Public Health Act Performance Measures for the Planning and Performance Measurement Reporting System (September 2012)
• MDH Quality Improvement Plan (January 2013)
• Translating Evidence for Practice: A Public Health Services and Systems Research Toolbox (NACCHO Annual Meeting Poster, July 2016)

Tools

• 2012 Performance Measures: Reporting Guidance
• New PPMRS Performance Measures – Session #2: What you need to know now for reporting in 2013
• Quality Improvement (QI) Plan: How to do it
• Quality Improvement Maturity Tool (PHSSR Translational Toolbox, 2016)

Presentations

• QI in MDH: The Current State (MDH QI Leadership Workshop, March 2012)
• Assessing Quality in a State Health Department: Opportunities & Challenges (Keeneland Conference, April 2012)
• Building Leadership Assessing Quality in a State Health Department: Opportunities & Challenges (Keeneland Conference, April 2012)
• Translating the Evidence: Call to Post (Keeneland Conference, April 2012)
• Assessing Organizational QI Culture in Minnesota (National Public Health Improvement Initiative, May 2012)
• Administration of the QI Maturity Tool: Experiences and Lessons Learned from Two States (AcademyHealth PHSR IG, June 2012)
• Building Leadership and Capacity at LHDs to Conduct System-Level Quality Improvement: Evaluation of a Multi-Modal Strategy (NACCHO, July 2012)
• Public Health Systems Research--It's Not Just for Ph.D.s Anymore (Minnesota Community Health Conference, October 2012)
• Agency Culture and Quality Maturity Survey (Presented to MDH Executive Leadership Team, December 2012)
• Agency Culture and Quality Maturity Survey (Presented to Small Group Consultations with MDH Division Directors, February 2013)

Publications

Monitoring QI Maturity of Public Health Organizations and Systems in Minnesota: Promising Early Findings and Suggested Next Steps

Research Areas

• System Structure & Performance
• Performance Measurement, Quality Improvement, & Accreditation

Contact Us

Kimberly Gearin, Ph.D.
kim.gearin@state.mn.us