THE PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT EXCHANGE:
SHARING WHAT WORKS IN QI
RTI International
Public Health Quality Improvement Exchange
Welcome to www.phqix.org
Jamie Pina, PhD, MSPH
NNPHI Open Forum Meeting
Thursday, December 6, 2012
RTI International is a trade name of Research Triangle Institute.
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PHQIX – It’s time to take part!
Submit a QI initiative and share it with the
public health community
Search QI initiatives and learn from others
Communication with peers about QI in our
community forum
Reach out to QI Experts for advice
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PHQIX – Why Submit?
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Professional presence
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Path toward accreditation
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Feedback from peers
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Weekly and video highlights
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Giveaways and promotions
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Recognition with your administration
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PHQIX – Who Should submit?
A member of the organization that led a
public health QI Initiative
The submitter of the QI Initiative will be
the primary contact.
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PHQIX – What information do I need?
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Information about your QI team and
partner organizations
Background on the project and
implementation
Details about the evaluation of your QI
Initiative.
Tools or other materials
PDF version of the submission
template is on www.phqix.org
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PHQIX – Data collection template
To develop the PHQIX data collection template,
we used the following resources:
Practice Exchange Prototype
OSTLTS Story Collection Template
SQUIRE Recommendations
NACCHO Profile
ASTHO Profile
PHQIX Expert Panel Focus Group
PHQIX User Group Focus Group
Literature review of public health QI
Text Analysis/WFA of previous QI Documentation
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PHQIX – Data collection template
To review and refine the
PHQIX data collection
template, we used the
following resources:
PHQIX Expert Panel (2 Rounds)
PHQIX User Group
QI Researchers
NNPHI experts
RWJF experts
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The RTI PHQIX Team (Core)
Jamie Pina
Mark Koyanagi
Kelley Chester
Cindy Throop
Project Director
Technical Development
Lead
Community Engagement
& Sustainability Lead
Social Media
& Outreach Lead
Dean Jackman
Stephen Brown
Diana Smith
Amanda Flynn-Riley
Project Manager
Project Coordinator
Expert Panel &
Submissions Coordinator
Social Media &
Outreach Manager
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The Public Health field is
very collaborative in spirit
“Quality Improvement Together”
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Thank you !
Questions?