Success Story - Indiana Public Health System's Quality Improvement Project

"Partnering with Healthcare TAP has been really beneficial to us, because we've been able to narrow our focus down to some things we can take action on. As public health professionals, we tend to try to tackle all the problems of the world. Using the industrial model the consultants have taught us, we're learning how to accomplish our goals through consensus building and efficiency planning. Now, we can look at an issue and bring in all the surrounding factors, and then work on accomplishing one part."

- Kris Conyers, RN, MSN, Administrator

Providing people with necessary public health services is a complex issue requiring clinical, business, and government expertise. To help 20 pilot counties determine their specific needs, the Indiana State Department of Health invited them to participate in its Indiana Public Health System's Quality Improvement Project. Healthcare TAP consultants helped to facilitate this process in Howard County. Meeting with county representatives, the consultants led the group in team-building exercises, root-cause analysis, and development of goals and objectives for top county priorities, such as childhood obesity.

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