Literature: Quality Improvement Implications for Public Health Preparedness

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This 71-page PDF report is provided by The Rand Corporation and the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services. It describes the applicability of quality improvement (QI) in public health for improving state and local public health emergency preparedness, and includes background information on past efforts of applying quality improvement in public health, including what organizational and contextual factors facilitate quality improvement in public health. This is an excellent resource for those new to QI to learn more before implementing a QI project.

Toolkit:

Quality Improvement Toolkit

Keyword Area:

Quality Improvement

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Institutional Author:

The Rand Corporation for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Submitted:

08/12/2008

Modified:

07/02/2010

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