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aAhIC~ ~UNT1C ~~~~D aF' a1~~~~aNE~ AT~aN -~CNDA ITEIV~ A~TRAT ee~E~ Dafe: April ~ ~, ~g~ ~ Ao~~on Ager~ a ~~er~ No; UB~IT: Qu~lit~r Irr~pravement depart From Health Department D~PART~~EVT~ Health Department PUBL~ H~A~I~VC: ~'~1N~ Flo ATTAHE~VT~}; ~ovuerpoint Present~tian IN~a~MAT~aN a~VT~T: ~asemary urr~n~ers, ~--~~41 ~ Toni I~onsler, ~~~~g Carla Julian, ~4~-434 PURPa~: To receive repart an recent quality improvement praect implemented by the Health Department. B~A~~~l1ND: The North aralina tenter far Pub~ia Health C~uality ~ PHC} eras founded in gg9 as a partnership between the Narth aralina public Health Faundation ~N~HF} and the north aralina Divisian of Public Health ~DPH}, It is funded ~~ the flue dross Slue shield Faundation of North Carolina, The Duke Snda~vment, The l~Sate S~ Reynolds charitable Trust and The Centers for Disease antral and Prevention. N PH collaborates Frith state and Ivcal partners to provide training in qualify improvennent {~I~ methods and tools, grange Jaunty was chosen to be ane of the initial ~ g counties that ~rere invited far training in the summer of ~O~a. bounties participating v~rere required to choose an initial project and appoint ~ team to receive the training and implement the project. The first pra~ect chosen by the Health Department to address during this training eras improving the Uvasteater Treatment Management Program ~11UTMP} billing process. Subsequently, the Department eras selected as ane of four counties to engage in another ~I project as part of a multistate learning collaborative for public health initiatives. Sath of those selections brought small amounts of funding ~rvith them to help fund a consultant from NC State lJniversity to facilitate a intensive four day sessions called "~taizen" events far firvo separate projects. The Department chose to rr~ake the remaining funds available for implementation interventions that the Qi Learns might identify as being needed. The presentation vuill provide the Soard ~vith an overvie~r of three quality in~pravement projects that the Health Department has formally engaged in over the past year. Tvuo of these pra~ect vuere internal to the depar~rnent~ but the third project is an ongoing interdeprtmantal project that focuses on improving the permitting process for grange County residents. Jaunty staff have also presented these projects and principles of CSI to department directors and senior County n~anagen~ent,