Advancing Quality in the Kansas Public Health System

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Advancing Quality in the Kansas Public Health System

Quality Improvement, Performance Management, and Accreditation Readiness

KPHA Conference PresessionWichita Hyatt Regency

September 20, 2011

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WelcomeOverview of Afternoon

1:00 – 1:15

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Advancing Quality in Public Health Systems through

AccreditationShirley Orr, MHS, ARNP, NEA-BC, Public Health

Consultant and RWJ Executive Nurse Fellow

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Strengthening Public Health Infrastructure in Kansas: NPHII

Brenda Nickel, MS, RN, Director Center for Performance Management, Kansas Department of

Health and Environment

1:15 – 1:35

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Kansas MLC-3 Evaluation: What Have We Learned So

Far? Tatiana Lin, MA, Senior Analyst, KHI

Dr. Ruth Wetta-Hall, University of Kansas School of Medicine -Wichita

1:35 – 2:35

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MLC Develops Network to Share QI Ideas Tatiana Lin, MA, Senior Analyst, KHI

Dr. Ruth Wetta-Hall, University of Kansas School of Medicine -Wichita

2:35 – 2:55

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Eight Kansas Groups Form Research Network

Tatiana Lin, MA, Senior Analyst and Strategy Team Leader, Kansas Health Institute

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Grabbing the Golden Ring – And Hanging on for Dear Life: A

Regional Approach to CHA/CHIP Mary “Midge” Ransom, PhD, DirectorFranklin County Health Department

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The Undergirding of Public Health Systems: Public Health

Workforce Dr. Suzanne Hawley, KU-MPH Degree Program (Wichita) Assistant Professor and Kansas Public Health Leadership

Institute

2:35 – 2:55

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BreakPlease return by 3:15 p.m.

2:55 – 3:15

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Quality Improvement in a Local Health Department: Norton

County’s Experience Gina Frack, Administrator, Norton County Health

Department and PRN Home Health Agency

3:15 – 3:25

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Quest for Quality Susan Dickman, BS, MSIT, KS-EDSS Coordinator, Bureau of

Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics, Kansas Department of Health and Environment

3:25 – 3:35

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Immunize Kansas Kids Project Offers Grants for QI Activities Catherine Schoults, MPH, Analyst, Kansas

Health Institute

3:35 – 4:00

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Kansas Health Matters: A Collaborative Healthy

Communities Network Project for Improving Health in Kansas

Greg Crawford, Chief, Vital Statistics Data Analysis, BEPHI, KDHEMichelle Ponce, Executive Director, KALHD

Cindy Samuelson, Vice President, Member Services and Public Relations, KHA

4:00 – 4:30

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Availability Of Local Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Data For Public Health Use - Navigation Of The Website Dr. Ghazala Perveen, Director of Science and Surveillance/Health Officer II,

Pratik Pandya, Kansas BRFSS Expansion Program EpidemiologistBureau of Health Promotion, KDHE

4:30 – 4:45

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Roadmap to Quality Improvement

Ty Kane, MPH, Community Health Analyst Sedgwick County Health Department

4:45 – 5:00

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Questions, Answers, and Evaluations

Wednesday, September 21, 20117:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration, Breakfast, and Visit Vendors

Conference Begins at 8:30 a.m. Eagle Ballroom

5:00